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Magnetic Field Due to Current
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Description: "Around a vertical conductor carrying a heavy current, place a peice of paper and sprinkle iron filling on the paper. Notice that the iron particles arrange themselves in distinct circular whirls around the wire, as shown." -Avery 1895
Source: Elroy M. Avery School Physics (New York: Sheldon and Company, 1895) 466
Keywords: vertical, conductor, heavy, current, magnetic, field, drawing, iron, fillings
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