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Old 03-29-2007, 11:49 PM
m_the0ry m_the0ry is offline
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This doesn't have anything to do with magnetostatics as far as I can tell. This is an effect of gravity. The spinning magnets tilt towards earths gravity (down) and put more friction between the surface there, meaning more force on the bottom half of each part of the rotation at the glass/magnet interface, causing it to move right when spun clockwise and left when spun counterclockwise. Just like a wheel.
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