The attraction of a magnet for iron, steel, nickel and cobalt and of
unlike poles of magnets for each other. It is identical with
electro-magnetic attraction, q.v. (Also see Electro-magnetism.)
Magnetic Attraction and Repulsion,
Coulomb's Law of.
Magnetic attraction and repulsion are inversely as the square of the
distance. (Ganot.)
While theoretically true in the case of isolated poles, in practise it
does not generally apply on account of the large diameter and relative
shortness of magnets.
