Subject: Does Lenz' Law apply to long conductors?

     I am interested in knowing if Lanz' Law holds true for inducing an emf in a
long conductor. If you take a steel bar about 6" long and 1/2" in diameter and
hold it left to right and then take a magnet oriented front to back and then
move the magnet top to bottom so that the flux lines of the magnet cut through
the steel bar, will Lenz' Law apply and create a emf in the bar such that the
fluz lines of the steel bar will be in the opposite direction of the magnet and
thus impede the production of the emf in the steel bar? If this is true, can you
explain why I can create over 147 rimes more power in a coil that has a steel
bar in the center and move the magnet so that its flux lines cut through the
steel bar as opposed to setting the coil up right, holding the magnet front to
back and moving the magnet top to bottom to have the flux lines of the magnet
cut through the windings of the coil?

Thank You

John E. Reardon

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