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In "Magnetism and Its Effects on the Living System", Davis and Rawls explain why the current method used to show the lines of force of a magnet is wrong. "The use of a flat piece of paper with iron filings placed on its top and the bringing up and under that paper a magnet to show the magnet's lines of force is incorrect and should not be used in textbooks of many types to educate students, because each fine particle of the steel or iron filings when placed in the field of the magnet under the paper becomes a miniature magnet in itself; thus the total picture is incorrect and misleading. As each miniature magnet, then attracts and repels, the picture is distorted to represent a mistaken concept."

Today, it is still taught in schools that magnetic energies flow in a semicircle from one pole to the other, usually the South pole to the North pole. This experiment proves that magnetism doesn't flow in that direction. "The simple test to support this incorrectness is to take a three- to six-inch bar or cylinder magnet and place it on a wood or plastic table, any base material that is not magnetic. Next, take a straight pin and, holding it between the thumb and index finger, place it at one end of the magnet. Moving the pin in contact with the magnet, at the exact or almost exact center of the magnet you will find one fractional place at that center where there is NO PULL. Therefore, no measurable amount of magnetism exists at the direct center of the magnet."

Another experiment they describe proves that magnetism flows in both directions simultaneously, South to North and North to South. "This test consists of a microscope slide, a few drops of diluted sulfuric acid, a medium power telescope, placing a magnet at each end of the slide, the diluted acid touching each magnet. Microscopic viewing after a few minutes allows one to see the energies of the two pole effects and the two directional movements of the sulfuric acid hydrogen bubble movement." The North pole of one magnet should be facing the South pole of the other for this experiment.