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Rattleback
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The rattleback, or celt, will slow down and reverse direction when rotated against its preferred rotational direction.


Fishbane Chapter:   100
Reese Chapter:   10.918
RHK 5th:   10.4
PIRA DCS classification:   1M40.90

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