The phenomenon of magnetism was known to the Greek as early as around 800BC. They discovered the certain stones, now called magnetite
, Attract pieces of iron. The Chinese called it the lodestone I.e. the leading stone . A popular legend ascribed thE name magnetite to the shepherd magnesium,"the nails of whose shoes and the tips of whose stick stuck fast to the rock while he pastured his flock of sheep and goat to the nearly mountains .
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