Re: Pinhole Daily Digest

Seto1@aol.com
Thu, 10 Apr 1997 13:15:02 -0400 (EDT)


Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 13:15:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Seto1@aol.com
Message-Id: <970410131327_1616128723@emout11.mail.aol.com>
To: pinhole@exploratorium.edu
Subject: Re: Pinhole Daily Digest

Help!
I built a simple DC motor that consists of a D cell battery and 2 paper clips
to serve as electrodes and to support a coiled wire. A circular magnet was
placed on the battery. Since the current is DC and is never reversed, why
does the coil spin?
Thanks in advance,
Shelley Seto
Piedmont HS
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