Barlow's Wheel
Replica of Barlow's Wheel, the first electric motor, consisting of a baseboard, on which is mounted a brass 'gallows', suspending a copper star wheel. Wheel just dips in a mercury bath, surrounded by a horse shoe magnet.
Details
- Category:
- Electricity and Magnetism
- Object Number:
- Y1970.40
- type:
- motor
- credit:
- Gift of Mr Fowler, courtesy of Staveley Smith Controls
