Chicago : [Popular Engineering Pub. Co.] · leaf 578
in determining the direction of rotation of the magnet. Continuous rotation of the wire armature of a motor. could be produced if it was so arranged that By reversing the connections of the binding it was free to move under the influence of posts in Fig. 96 with respect to the source of the magnet… … end of the copper wire should dip in the FIG. 98. BARLOW'S WHEEL mercury and complete the electrical circuit between the two binding posts. the electro-magnet and the wire will rotate Current will now flow through electro- in the same direction, as in the previous case, magnet (M) and the wire (W)…
Electricity
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