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Magnetic field lines made visible

Magnetic field lines made visible

Magnetic field lines can be made visible

Iron filings, magnetic viewing film  or ferrofluid can all make magnetic field lines visible.  Isolated readings can be also taken with gauss meters. Sure there are some nice computer graphics of predicted fields and the earth’s fields. But what about around other places such as large irregular magnets or even the earth’s magnetic field lines in your back yard for example?
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Measuring magnetic field strength

Using direct force on an electromagnet for measuring magnetic field strength.
Measuring magnetic field strength by direct force measurements

Here is my attempt at measuring magnetic field strength. To measure the field generated by the electromagnet above I made a coil that could be placed in the magnetic field.
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