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
Files
Citation
“Revolving Bell Engine,” Digital Exhibits at Washington and Lee University Library, accessed September 19, 2024, https://omeka.wlu.edu/omekaorigin/items/show/191.