Key Information
Reference code
K/PP107/11/3/8
Title
Apparatus designed by Peter Barlow to demonstrate the principle of the electric motor, [1834-1837]
Date(s)
- [1834 - 1837] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 item
Scope and content
Apparatus designed by Peter Barlow (1776-1862), physicist, to demonstrate the principles of the electric motor. Known as Barlow’s wheel, a current is passed through the wheel into a mercury reservoir, the magnetic force created reacts with a U-shaped magnet causing the wheel to turn. Consists of a copper stellated wheel with mercury trough made by J Newman, Regent St. Used by Wheatstone for teaching. [See K/PP107/5/103.]