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

Files

instruments 023.JPG
Date Added
November 14, 2011
Tags
Citation
“Rotator,” Antique Scientific Instruments at Washington and Lee University, accessed March 29, 2024, https://physicsapparatus.omeka.net/items/show/3.