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World's Simplest Motor
EM-k4g



A simple DC motor that requires only a battery, a bare wire, a nail, and a magnet.


Fishbane Chapter:   31.6
HRW 9th:   28.09
PIRA DCS classification:   5K40.531

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University