N o, it was not set up conventionally as my son wanted to change. He was told his changes were not consistent with the set up of a Gause rifle but, wanted to see what would happen. I guess that's science. He set (1) 1/4 inch magnet then increased (1) magnet on each time: (2) up to (5) magnets...
In doing a science project using the gauss rifle we changed the number of magnets side by side verses aditonal stages, The result was the ball traveled a shorter distance the more magnets used. I understand why this occurred but need scientific reason and explanation based on what laws of...