The Rival Candidates
Anon
Genre: | Short Fiction, Drollery |
Subjects: | Magnetism, Psychology, Physics |
Notes that 'philosophers' claim that steel is the only substance capable of producing a 'magnetic effect' but adds that after observing the behaviour of the 'heroine' of the story, they would have concluded that gold has greater magnetic attraction than steel. | |
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