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8.02, Prof. Wurtele

bjaspan@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bjaspan@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Mar 13 12:02:02 1989

He was explaining how a closed loop in a magnetic field has no net force
on it, but can still be under internal stress.

"A good analogy is in the old days when people were drawn and quartered.
A horse was tied to each extremity.  The net force on that person was zero."

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