Antique "Waking Beam" Motor

 

Code Number: 5K40.11

Demo Title: Antique "Walking Beam" Motor

Equipment: 

Antique "Waking Beam" Motor.

Procedure:

Attach a 6 volt battery to the contact leads.  You will have to spin the flywheel to start the motor.

References:

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  • Thomas B. Greenslade Jr., "Double Axial Engine", AJP, Vol. 76, #3, Mar. 2008, p. 264.
  • Thomas B. Greenslade, "Set of Apparatus for Magnetism and Galvanism.: #18 Electric Engine", AJP, Vol. 70, #9, Sept. 2002, p. 934.
  • "Magnetic Beam Engine", Pike's Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific & Medical Instruments, 1984, p. 381 - 382.
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  • E. Leybold's Nachfolger, Cologne, "6482. Apparatus to Show Application of Electricity as a Motive Force", Catalogue of Physical Apparatus, p. 216 - 217.