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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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ELECTRICITY




Device demonstrating the continuous rotation of a moving circuit by means of a fixed circular current Apparato per mostrare la rotazione continua di un circuito mobile per mezzo di una corrente circolare
Subject: electrodynamics/ Ampère's law Settore: elettrodinamica/legge di Ampère
Number of catalogue: 344 Numero di inventario: 344
On the mahogany base: "Secretan a Paris" [carved] Sulla base in mogano: "Secretan a Paris" [inciso]
1868 [document] Periodo di costruzione: 1868 [documento]
Mahogany, copper, brass, boxwood Materiali utilizzati: Mogano, rame, ottone, legno di bosso
320 X 400 X 190 [mm] Dimensioni: 320 X 400 X 190 [mm]
   
This device demonstrates the electrodynamic interaction of two electric circuits, one fixed and the other mobile. The fixed circuit, placed on a horizontal plane, is a circular current which is able to set up the continuous rotation of a mobile circuit through which horizontal and vertical segments of curren run.
Questo apparato mostra l'interazione elettrodinamica di due circuiti elettrici, il primo fisso e il secondo mobile. Il circuito fisso, posto in un piano orizzontale, è una corrente circolare che è in grado di imprimere un moto rotatorio continuo ad un circuito mobile percorso da tratti di corrente orizzontale e verticale.
   
Description: A copper vase attached to a mahogany support, contains acidulated water and has a broad edge. A wooden circular frame fixed under it surrounds the copper container and a coil of copper wire, insulated with green silk, is wrapped around it. The centre of the vase is inserted on a boxwood base which is integral to a vertical brass column (therefore insulated from the vase) which has in its upper part a small brass capsule into which mercury is poured. The mobile circuit consists of a frame having two horizontal and vertical arms of copper wire that is supported in the middle horizontal part and is able to rotate freely from a metal point based on the bottom of the small brass capsule. The vertical sides of the frame are welded in the lower part to a light copper ring immersed in the acidulated water contained in the vase. The supply of the mobile and fixed circuits is made through four brass rheofores placed on the base of the device: the external rheofores supply the coil, whereas the internal ones, connected with the brass column and with the copper vase, respectively, supply the mobile circuit.
Descrizione: Su un basamento in mogano è alloggiato un vaso in rame contenente dell'acqua acidulata ed avente un ampio bordo. Sotto di esso è fissato un telaio circolare di mogano (che circonda quindi il recipiente di rame) su cui è avvolto una bobina di filo di rame ben isolata da seta verde. Il vaso è centralmente fissato ad incastro su uno zoccolo di legno di bosso, solidale ad una colonna verticale d'ottone (quindi isolata dal vaso) che porta superiormente una capsulina d'ottone in cui si mette del mercurio. Il circuito mobile consiste in un telaio avente due rami orizzontali e verticali di filo di rame che nella sua parte mediana orizzontale è sostenuto, e in grado di ruotare liberamente, da una punta metallica che si appoggia sul fondo della capsulina d'ottone. Il telaio ha i suoi lati verticali saldati inferiormente ad un leggero anello di rame immerso nell'acqua acidulata contenuta nel vaso. L'alimentazione dei circuiti mobile e fisso avviene mediante quattro serrafili d'ottone posti sul basamento dell'apparecchio: quelli esterni alimentano la bobina, quelli interni, essendo collegati rispettivamente alla colonna d'ottone e al vaso di rame, alimentano il circuito mobile.
   
Function: By shortcircuiting the rheofores that are linked to one extremity of the fixed coil and to the brass column, respectively, an electric circuit is achieved which, if properly supplied with a battery linked (having the correct polarities) to the two remaining poles, causes the mobile circuit to turn in a direction opposite to that of the fixed current as the coil. Vice versa, to make the mobile circuit turn in the same direction of the fixed circular current, it is sufficient to produce an inversion of current only in the mobile circuit and not in the fixed one. In order to do this, it is necessary to shortcircuit the rheofores that are connected with one extremity of the fixed coil and with the copper vase, respectively.
Funzionamento: cortocircuitando i serrafili, collegati rispettivamente ad un estremo della bobina fissa e alla colonna d'ottone, si ottiene un circuito elettrico che, se opportunamente alimentato da una batteria connessa (con le giuste polarità) ai restanti due serrafili, fa ruotare il circuito mobile in una direzione opposta a quella della corrente fissa della bobina. Viceversa, per far girare il circuito mobile nello stesso senso della corrente circolare fissa, basta produrre l'inversione della corrente nel solo circuito mobile e non in quello fisso. A tale scopo è sufficiente cortocircuitare i serrafili connessi rispettivamente ad un estremo della bobina fissa ed al vaso di rame.
   

Bibliography: Ganot [1855], pp. 650-651; Deschanel [1873], pp. 683-684; Marco [1883], vol. II, pp. 208-210.

Bibliografia: Ganot [1855], pp. 650-651; Deschanel [1873], pp. 683-684; Marco [1883], vol. II, pp. 208-210.

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