Re: is the magnetic field really moving?

On Aug 1, 8:42=A0pm, phil-news-nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> If I place a round magnet near a round piece of iron, where each are on
> separate axles aligned in the same axis and free to rotate, would
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> the magnet cause the iron to rotate?

This experiment has been done and the answer is "no" [even if the Iron
is another magnet].

This answer should be obvious if you take a bit of time to examine the
forces generated by the fields on the pieces. Even if you assume the
field of the rotating magnet is rotating with it, you find that there
is NO mechanism that can impart rotational forces to the second piece.
All forces that might be generated are in the wrong directions.