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  2. William Sturgeon - Wikipedia

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    The magnet was made of 18 turns of bare copper wire (insulated wire had not yet been invented). [1] William Sturgeon (/ ˈ s t ɜːr dʒ ə n /; 22 May 1783 – 4 December 1850) was an English physicist and inventor who made the first electromagnet and the first practical electric motor.

  3. Horseshoe magnet - Wikipedia

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    The shape of the magnet was originally created as a replacement for the bar magnet as it makes the magnetic field stronger for a magnet of comparable strength. [5] A horseshoe magnet is stronger because both poles of the magnet are closer to each other and in the same plane which allows the magnetic lines of flux to flow along a more direct path between the poles and concentrates the magnetic ...

  4. List of schools in Wake County Public School System

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    Penny Road Elementary School: K-5 Traditional Cary 920530 Pleasant Grove Elementary School: PK-5 Traditional Morrisville 920533 Pleasant Union Elementary School: PK-5 Year-Round Raleigh 920531 Rand Road Elementary School: PK-5 Year-Round (Track 4) Garner 920540 Reedy Creek Elementary School: K-5 Traditional Cary 920542 Richland Creek Elementary ...

  5. This historic Raleigh school was named the top magnet ...

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    The school offers 200 electives ranging from orchestra to aeronautics.

  6. Magnet school - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax, Virginia, one of the highest rated magnet schools in the United States. In the U.S. education system, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. Normally, a student will attend an elementary school, and this also determines the middle school and ...

  7. Wake wins $13.5 million federal magnet school grant. These 4 ...

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    The money is from a federal program designed to help desegregate public schools. Wake wins $13.5 million federal magnet school grant. These 4 schools will get the money.

  8. Electromagnet - Wikipedia

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    British scientist William Sturgeon invented the electromagnet in 1824. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] His first electromagnet was a horseshoe-shaped piece of iron that was wrapped with about 18 turns of bare copper wire.

  9. Candidates in Sturgeon Bay, Southern Door school board ...

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    DOOR COUNTY - Voters in the Sturgeon Bay and Southern Door school districts have decisions to make when they cast ballots in the April 2 general election in contested races to determine who will ...