Question

What do you know about the discovery of magnets?

Answer 1

1. According to Greek legend, magnetism was first discovered by a shepherd named Megnes, who lived in Megnesia, Greece.
2. Megnes was herding his sheep through the mountains.
3. Suddenly he noticed the ferrule of his stick and nails in his sandals got stuck to a rock.
4. The iron in his stick and nails had become attracted to the magnetic rock.
5. The stone was named magnetite, after the name of the shepherd or the country it was found in.
6. This is how magnet was discovered.