Code Number: 5K20.60

Demo Title: Eddy Currents - Barlow's Wheel

References:

Hermann Haertel, "New Measurements on the Faraday Generator and New Questions About Induction", TPT, Vol. 60, #3, March 2022, p. 216.
Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr., "Daniel Davis, Jr., and His Manual of Magnetism", AJP, Vol. 93, #6, June 2025, p. 477.
P. J. Scanlon, R. N. Henriksen, "Comment on "One-Piece Faraday Generator: A Paradoxical Experiment From 1851"", AJP, Vol. 47, #10, Oct. 1979, p. 917.
Harald C. Jensen, "A Modified Barlow's Wheel", AJP, Vol. 21, #9, Dec. 1953, p. 692.

University of Maryland Physics Department QOTW Question #209

University of Maryland Physics Department QOTW Answer #209

5K20.60 - University of Maryland QOTW Answer #209 Part 1

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5K20.60 - Eddy Currents - Barlow's Wheel

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