Group: sci.physics.electromag
From: "Bill Miller"
Date: Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:47 PM
Subject: Where Does A Permanent Magnet Get Its Magnetic Field?

The title of the post pretty much says it all.

The participants of this list seem to have fairly clear agreement that the
primary *cause* of magnetic fields is the motion of charges.

With a few hold-outs, most folks seem to (finally) understand that an E
field does not *cause* an H field. (Those that disagree: p-l-e-a-s-e read
Jefimenko's "Causality" before jumping in to dispute this statement.)

OK. So far, so good.

A permanent magnet has associated with it a magnetic field whose
characteristics seem to be indistinguishable from those of a magnetic field
that is caused by the motion of charges.

Where the H--- does the H come from? How do we know?

Bill


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