Rotator
Title
Rotator
Subject
Mechanics
Description
Many pieces of demonstration equipment must be rotated to show a desired effect. A Rotator is a device with a crank that can rapidly rotate a small horizontal platform about an axis. Other pieces of equipment, like Newton’s Color Wheel, attached to the platform of the Rotator for the purpose of demonstration.
Source
Property of the W&L Physics & Engineering Department
- Date Added
- November 14, 2011
- Tags
- mechanics
- Citation
- “Rotator,” Antique Scientific Instruments at Washington and Lee University, accessed March 29, 2024, https://physicsapparatus.omeka.net/items/show/3.