Re: Spinning Discs

Bill Wallace ( (no email) )
Sat, 17 Oct 1998 22:25:27 -0400

>Here is Nigels' experiment;
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>Hi Jerry,
>
>Regarding the spinning disks, I have for some time now been
>experimenting with disks spinning at various revolutions and some
>curious results were obtained such as a blue corona around the perimeter
>of the disk when a powerful magnet was brought close to it.

Can you give us the makeup of this experiment Jerry? Materials, rpms, etc?

>
>I have also now tried the experiment with a disk mounted on a bearing
>and seperated from a driven disk, the freewheeling disk did indeed spin
>and when the power was shut off the driven disk it slowed down and then
>rotated in the opposite direction.
>
>When the driven disk and it associated drive motor was physically
>removed, it then slowed down and stopped without showing this tendency
>to reverse direction.
>
>In my opinion the field surrounding the motor when under power caused
>the rotation in the first place and the reversing effect was when the
>motor was still turning and acting like a generator of sorts.
>
>Has anyone else tried this?
>
>N.Howie

No, what equipment do we need to do it?

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>You might also check out the earlier repost about the experiment with
>spinning discs and magnets as done by Chris Eccles at;
>
> http://dallastexas.net/keelynet/archive/00001639.htm
>