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How are magnets made?

By M. Dee Dubroff

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Here are some interesting facts about magnets and how they are made

Did you ever wonder how are magnets made? Those cute little things we stick on our refrigerators to hold up shopping lists or photos or give as baby shower gift favors have a history all their own dating back more than 4,000 to the island of Crete and a legend concerning an elderly shepherd named Magnes. According to the legend, he was herding his sheep in an area known as Magnesia (not Milk of) when both the nails in his shoes and the metal tip of his staff suddenly became affixed to the rock on which he was standing. He dug up the earth and discovered the source, lodestones, which contain magnetite. The rock was either named after Magnesa or Magnes himself; no one can say for sure.

For centuries magnetite was shrouded in mystery and was considered to possess magical powers. It was believed to have the ability to heal the sick, frighten away evil spirits and attract and dissolve ships made of iron! Many believed that there were entire islands with magnetic powers that could attract ships by the iron nails used in their construction. These islands were blamed for shipwrecks and disappearances at sea and it was once said the Archimedes sank enemy ships by using lodestones to remove their nails.