Revolving Bell Engine
Title
Revolving Bell Engine
Subject
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Description
This was a popular piece of demonstration apparatus, in which the operation of the motor is signaled by a ringing of the bell. The instrument is an inverted revolving electromagnet, with a gearing system added to strike the bell every hundred revolutions. The gearing also acted to keep down the rotation speed of the engine.
Source
Property of the W&L Physics & Engineering Department
- Date Added
- December 7, 2011
- Tags
- Magnetics
- Citation
- “Revolving Bell Engine,” Antique Scientific Instruments at Washington and Lee University, accessed April 28, 2024, https://physicsapparatus.omeka.net/items/show/27.