Ok! I've explained a bit to my husband, and of course he's back at me with a million questions - how far apart are the magnets, are they in a V shape, yada yada yada. So I'll have to get busy and draw the pictures from the clip so he gets a visual idea of what to make. Good news for him - bad news for this experiment. We've just got the call that his shoulder replacement surgery has now been scheduled for late September. The experiment will be put on hold. At least I can get started tho, and gather up the necessaries so they're ready when he is. I do think the thing would work on a coil box, else why would there be a wire connected to the bottom?
Oh - and as to having only grade 4 - that doesn't mean squat. It just means he didn't have the chance to attend formal schooling. I know tons of people who are self educated and have a better grasp on subjects sometimes, that PhD's. My husband is one of them.
Edited by Qoais, 13 August 2008 - 04:39 PM.
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