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Old 01-20-2022, 05:52 PM   #603 (permalink)
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at the Earth's surface

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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Like I said, it's immeasurable, as far as a layperson is concerned. I've tried in vain to detect it with the most powerful rare earth magnets accessible. What can be experienced is so feeble such that it makes no difference whether it exists or not.
When at the metal recycling center, and they turn on their extremely powerful, crane-mounted electromagnet, there's no perceptible deflection compared to its rest state when unexcited. Earth's magnetic field and telluric currents appear to make no difference to it.
At extremely high altitude it would be different, but nobody lives up there.
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