Old Time Secrets of
Making Permanent Magnets

from various sources
reprinted by Lindsay Publications

You CAN make powerful permanent magnets.

The first natural magnets, lodestones, came from Magnesia, and, being rare and exotic, were extremely expensive. Before long experimenters found ways to use a lodestone to create "artificial" magnets of steel.

Several hundred years ago, steel was itself a rare, expensive metal but it was far easier to acquire than a natural magnet. By the early 1800's very strong magnets capable of lifting a thousand pounds were being fabricated by single-touch and double-touch methods together with compounding using soft-iron pole pieces.

Here you get a collection of chapters, articles, bits and pieces from early physics texts and Machinery magazine and a complete reproduction of a 1919 booklet on permanent magnets published by the Esterline Co. In addition you get additional explanation of magnetism terms, other books you may want to acquire, and additional terms you'll need to understand if you are to become a sophisticated magnet experimenter.

Two articles describe how magnetos were mass-produced by the Remy company for the exploding auto industry in 1910. Then a series of articles from Machinery magazine explores the manufacture of permanent magnets from carbon steel, the recharging of magnets, hardening, and experiments with different steels. Then you get chapters on magnets, their fabrication and use, from science texts written by Silliman and another by Frick. You also get select pages from "First Steps in Magnetism", along with the 31 page Esterline booklet.

Yes, you can make powerful permanent magnets. No, they're not going to be as efficient as modern samarium or neodymium magnets, or even the classic alnico types. But revealed are precisely the techniques used to create the powerful magnetic magazine used by Michael Faraday to invent his disc generator that so intrigues the perpetual motion and free energy crowd.

If want to build that permanent magnet motor that you're "sure" will work, or that levitating flying saucer you'll use to search for diamonds on Venus, then maybe this will amuse you. On the other hand, if you dream of building a slow-speed permanent magnet alternator or just want to tinker with magnets, you'll definitely find this of value.

Well illustrated. Unusual material. Good stuff. Get a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 120 pages

No. 23055 ...$9.95