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Lines of Force due to a Small Magnet

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I HAVE been recommended by Sir William Thomson to send you the following construction for the lines of force due to a very small magnet.

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BUCHANAN, J. Lines of Force due to a Small Magnet. Nature 21, 370–371 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/021370c0

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