Hi SDAI-Tech1

You have a good idea there about magnetism but I think it needs more development.
I also believe that magnetic lines of force are more like waves than particles.
Has anyone seen a spinning electron? I do not think so.

My idea of the magnetic field’s origin is as follows: The ‘magnetic field’ is caused mostly by the electrons that are ‘on the move’. The same ‘field’ that gives electrons their ‘charge’ also gives rise to the ‘field’ of a magnet. My ‘theorem’ also explains that the elements such as Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt have atoms that have ‘polarized’ nuclei.
The strong magnetic effects that are associated with these elements is due to the ‘polarization’ of the nuclei and the direction of the electron ‘orbit’ around the nuclei.
Other atoms have different nuclear structures and ‘nuclear’ polarization potentials, these differences, coupled with the electron orbit differences, give rise to the other phenomenon such as para-magnetism and dia-magnetism.
I can use this ‘theorem’ to explain such phenomenon as where the magnetic field originates and why it causes the observed effects. Such effects as attraction, repulsion, bending of a beam of charged particles, why a current conductor has a magnetic field around it, why and where the Earth’s magnetic field is generated, plus many other phenomenon can be explained in detail IF this ‘theorem/idea’ is used as a tool.

As for R.L.’s experiment, it can be explained from various viewpoints depending on how much detail is wanted. I think the shortest explanation maybe be from the ‘electronics’ viewpoint. If you consider the copper tube as a shorted secondary winding of a transformer, and the moving magnet as a ‘current inducing field’ then the current that was induced in the copper tubing created a reverse EMF that opposed the production of the current inducing field, this ‘magnetic drag’ or expending of energy, slowed the fall of the magnet. I suspect that if the copper tubing was in a super-conducting state, the magnet’s fall would have been much slower or perhaps it would have floated inside.
Copper is dia-magnetic.

Cheers
Johannes