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Gauss and degaussing
AgProv2 Started conversation Nov 16, 2007
Is this the same Gauss who had a lot to do with working out the maths and physics of magnetism, and has both an SI unit and an engineering process (degaussing a ship makes it less attractive to magnetic mines) after him?
Good entry, btw
Gauss and degaussing
toybox Posted Nov 16, 2007
Yep, that's the chap. Actually he would deserve an Entry all by himself, pretty much in the spirit of Euler in A28808517.
I have never heard of degaussing a ship, I love that word 
How do you do that, and why does it work?
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