THE LOADSTONE, OR MAGNET. 17

 

from this country all over the world, be
worth, if it were not for the magnetic
needle, pointing steadily, as it does, no
matter where the ship is, to the north
pole of the earth?

It is a curious fact, that a magnet
loses not a particle of its power by
giving power to others. A steel bar,
when it has been magnetized, may.
magnetize a thousand other bars, and
still be just as powerful as ever.