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ELECTRICITY
1 CYLINDRICAL CONDUCTOR WITH ELECTRIC PENDULUMS
2 ELECTRIC CARILLON
3 CAVENDISH-BECCARIA ELECTRIC HOLLOW GLOBE
4 LIGHTNING-CONDUCTORS
5 LEYDEN JARS
6 BATTERY OF NINE LEYDEN JARS
7 LUMINOUS LEYDEN JAR
8 LANE'S MICROMETRICAL SPARK GAP WITH LEYDEN JAR
9 FRANKLIN'S BATTERY
10 EPINOUS'S CONDENSER
11 DISCHARGER
12 DISCHARGER
13 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGER WITH DOUBLE FORK
14 MASCART'S INSULATORS
15 VOLTA'S PISTOL
16 VOLTA'S PISTOL (2 PIECES)
17 PITH-BALL AND GOLD LEAF ELECTROSCOPES
18 BOHNENBERGER'S ELECTROSCOPE
19 BOHNENBERGER'S ELECTROSCOPE
20 PELTIER'S ATMOSPHERIC ELECTROMETER
21 PELTIER'S ATMOSPHERIC ELECTROMETER
22 HENLY'S ELECTROMETER
23 ELECTROSTATIC BALANCE
24 THOMSON-MASCART'S QUADRANT ELECTROMETER
25 WINTER'S PLATE ELECTRICAL MACHINE
26 ACCESSORIES OF THE WINTER'S MACHINE
27 SPIRAL FULMINATING TUBE
28 HOLTZ'S ELECTROSTATIC INFLUENCE MACHINE
29 ELECTROSTATIC MACHINE WITH SELF-EXCITATION TOPLER-VOSS
30 POTASSIUM BICHROMATE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
31 NOBILI'S PORTABLE GALVANOMETER
32 ASTATIC GALVANOMETER
33 MELLONI'S THERMOMULTIPLIER
34 UNIVERSAL MEASURING DEVICE, MOVING COIL TYPE
35 AMPERE'S APPARATUS
36 MAGNETIC SPARKLER
37 INSTRUMENTS OF NOBILI'S "ELECTROMAGNETIC BOX"
38 BARLOW'S WHEEL [1]
39 SMALL CONTAINER WITH TWO VERTICAL WIRES [2]
40 SMALL CONTAINER WITH TWO HORIZONTAL WIRES [3]
41 FARADAY'S DEVICE FOR THE CONTINUOUS CIRCUIT [4]
42 DEVICE FOR SHOWING THE DIRECTIVE ACTION OF THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD ON VERTICAL CURRENTS
43 DEVICE FOR SHOWING THE CONTINUOUS ROTATION OF A MOVING CIRCUIT BY MEANS OF A FIXED CIRCULAR CURRENT
44 MATTEUCCI'S SPIRAL PLATES INDUCTION DEVICE
45 LITTLE MEDICAL INDUCTION COIL WITH MANUAL CONTACT-BREAKER (WHEEL TYPE)
46 LITTLE MEDICAL INDUCTION COIL WITH HAMMER-BREAKER (HORSESHOE-SHAPED ELECTROMAGNET TYPE)
47 INDUCTION COIL
48 INDUCTION COIL WITH PLATINUM AND MERCURY CONTACT-BREAKERS
49 INDUCTION COIL WITH SPARK GAP AND FOUCAULT CONTACT-BREAKER
50 INDUCTION COIL
51 DE LA RIVE INDUCTION COIL
52 BOURBOUZE'S ELECTROMOTOR
53 CLARKE'S MAGNETO-ELECTRIC MACHINE
54 MAGNETO-ELECTRIC MACHINE FOR ELECTROTHERAPY
55 VOLTAIC ARC WITH MANUAL ADJUSTMENT
56 ELECTRIC EGG
57 DE LA RIVE'S ELECTRIC EGG
58 GENERAL VIEW OF THE EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE WITH DEVICES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONTROL AND DISTRIBUTION
59 RIGHI'S THREE SPARKS OSCILLATOR
60 COUPLE OF TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER TELEPHONES WITH WHISTLE CALLING
61 FOUR TELEPHONES BELL-TYPE
62 TWO TELEPHONES BELL-TYPE
63 RIGHI'S TELEPHONE RECEIVER
64 RIGHI'S MICROPHONE
65 PNEUMATIC TELEGRAPHS (DIAL TYPE)
66 SKINWIRE FOR TELEGRAPHIC LINES
67 MORSE'S RECORDING TELEGRAPH WITH KEY

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Barlow's wheel Mulinello di Barlow
Barlow's wheel Mulinello di Barlow
Number of catalogue: 389 Numero di inventario: 389
Boxwood, brass, paint with sealing-wax Materiali usati: Bosso, ottone, ceralacca
125 X 55 X 70 [mm] Dimensioni: 125 X 55 X 70 [mm]
   
This device, which is to be considered one of the first models of an electric motor supplied by continuous current, was projected and built in 1822 by the English mathematician and physicist Peter Barlow (1776-1862). The original model differed from Nobili's because it had a toothed wheel in the form of a star. Nobili gave the following description of this instrument: «This instrument consists of two parts and of an appendix. The two parts are: first, a small square wooden base, which has two cavities, one in the form of a cup and the other in the form of a container; second, a small brass wheel that can move between the arms of a double square, which bears it above the container. The appendix consists of a small horse shoe-shaped magnet mounted into a small base. In order to make the small wheel of the mill rotate, one proceeds in the following way. The container is filled with mercury up to the level of the wheel, which the mercury must barely touch. More mercury is poured into the second cavity, where the foot of the double square is fixed. Then the appendix is placed in such a way that the wheel can freely rotate between the arms of the two magnets. Those arms must pass slightly beyond the point in which the small wheel communicates with mercury. After having placed the device in this way, it is necessary to place the wheel into the voltaic circuit so that one of the connecting wires reaches the cup and the other the container. In the course of this last action the small wheel rotates according to the direction of the current (Barlow) »[Nobili 1834].
Questo dispositivo, che è da considerarsi tra i primissimi modelli di motore elettrico a corrente continua, fu ideato e costruito nel 1822 dal matematico e fisico inglese Peter Barlow (1776-1862). Il modello originale si differenziava da quello proposto dal Nobili per avere una ruota stellare. Nobili di questo pezzo fornì la seguente descrizione: «Questo pezzo è composto di due parti e d'un'appendice. Le parti sono, primo un zoccoletto quadrangolare di legno, che ha due incavi l'uno in forma di coppa, e l'altro in forma di vaschetta; secondo una rotella d'ottone mobile in mezzo alle branche d'una doppia squadra, che la sostiene sopra la vaschetta. L'appendice consiste in una piccola calamita a ferro di cavallo montata sopra un zoccoletto. Per far girare la rotella del molinello si opera nel seguente modo. Si riempie di mercurio la vaschetta sino all'altezza della rotella, che il mercurio dee toccare appena. Si riempie d'altro mercurio il secondo incavo, dove è fissato il piede della doppia squadra. Poscia si presenta l'appendice alla rotella in modo che quest'ultima possa liberamente girare fra le braccia delle due calmite. Queste braccia deggiono passare un poco al di là del luogo in cui la rotella comunica col mercurio. Disposto così l'apparecchio non resta cha a mettere la rotella nel circuito voltiano col far pescare uno de' fili congiuntivi nella coppa e l'altro nella vaschetta. All'atto di quest'ultima operazione la rotella si mette a girare per un verso o per l'altro secondo la direzione della corrente (Barlow)»

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