THE LOADSTONE, OR MAGNET. 71

 

of steel. All you have to do is to rub
a bar of steel thoroughly on the load-
stone. ‘The bar is then said to be mag-
netized. It becomes a magnet. After
that, if you want to make another mag-
net, you have only to touch another
piece of steel to the bar which has been
rubbed on the loadstone, and that, too,
becomes magnetized. Some years ago,
when I was in the American Museum,
in the city of New York, I saw a very
large loadstone. It was so large and
powerful, that when- a piece of iron,
weighing a pound or two, was made to
touch it, I found it was hard work to.
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