One-Piece Faraday Generator: A Paradoxical Experiment from 1851.

Crooks, M. J.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ187376

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1978

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One-Piece Faraday Generator: A Paradoxical Experiment from 1851

Crooks, M. J.; And Others

American Journal of Physics, 46, 7, 729-31, Jul 78

Describes an experiment based on Faraday's one-piece generator, where the rotating disk is replaced by a cylindrical permanent magnet. Explains the apparent paradox that an observer in an inertial frame could measure his absolute velocity. (GA)

Descriptors: College Science, Electricity, Higher Education, Magnets, Physics, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Experiments, Science History, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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