One of the improvements was to stabilize the needle in the dynamic environment of a moving ship and to prevent it from unnecessary spinning, caused by the yawing, the rolling, and the pitching of the ship. The design of a compass underwent many changes until it became a compass that we know today. Magnetic compass (top right) and gyrocompass (bottom left) in a cockpit of a small Cessna airplane The most strong magnets are made of rare earth metals like neodymium (Nd 2Fe 14B). These days, permanent magnets that we use are most often made of alloys. We do not know for certain what magnetizes lodestone in nature, but some believe that it is magnetized by lightning because lodestone is found closer to the surface of the Earth, while magnetite can be found buried deeper. To become a lodestone, magnetite has to be magnetized first. It is actually made of magnetite, but not every piece of magnetite is a lodestone, because not all magnetite is magnetic. There are only a few naturally occurring materials that are magnetic by themselves, without electricity being applied to them to make them into electromagnets. An alternative unit in CGS for magnetomotive force is a gilbert (G). Often it is measured in ampere-turns (At). In SI the magnetomotive force is measured in amperes (A). Many think of it as an equivalent of the electromotive force in electric circuits. Nickel-plated neodymium magnets from a hard disk drive

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