Talk:Maxwell coil

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Would someone provide and validate the field lines for this as in the Helmholtz pictorial.

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This article would benefit greatly from an illustration Hotjellysnowman 15:14, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

The picture is incorrect in that the dimensions of radius and separation are switched around (see refs). A new picture, perhaps with field lines as suggested would be of real benefit here. DanielSlaughter (talk) 04:20, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

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I've deleted "It can develop magnetic field gradients along the direction of the main field," added by 204.56.7.1. It doesn't make sense. The whole purpose of the device is to eliminate magnetic field gradients as much as possible.--76.81.180.3 (talk) 20:29, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Major edit, including some references and mention of the two apparently different versions (note the are both mentioned together in Maxwell's original publication). DanielSlaughter (talk) 04:20, 20 February 2008 (UTC)