Control the universe?In 1935, fictional industrialist Diet Smith, a friend of cartoon detective Dick Tracy, predicted that "the nation that controls magnetism magnetism, force of attraction or repulsion between various substances, especially those made of iron and certain other metals; ultimately it is due to the motion of electric charges. Magnetic Poles, Forces, and FieldsAny object that exhibits magnetic properties is called a magnet. will control the universe." The Electrodyne Co. (Batavia Batavia, city, IndonesiaBatavia: see Jakarta, Indonesia.Batavia, city, United StatesBatavia (bətā`vēə), city (1990 pop. 16,310), seat of Genesee co., W N.Y.; inc. 1915. It was laid out in 1801 by Joseph Ellicott, agent for the Holland Land Company., OH; www.edyne.com) doesn't claim its high-energy (up to 5.0MGOe) Reance SF magnets will make dominating the universe a reality, but it does say the magnet can hold very tight radiuses without cracking, breaking, or losing any of its magnetic properties. The neodymium neodymium /neo·dym·i·um/ (Nd) (-dim´e-um) a chemical element, at. no. 60.ne·o·dym·i·um (n   -iron-boron magnet can be stretched to 2.5 times its static length, and produced in sheets as thin as 0.008-in. This, says Electrodyne, makes the magnet perfect for use in solid state switches and power windows, door locks and mirrors, and it can be slit, drilled, die-cut or punched to customer specifications via low-cost tooling techniques. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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