Mercury driven motor

Here’s a simple motor you can make, if you happen to have a large quantity of mercury laying around, which you probably don’t have, so check out how it works from our pals at Popular Science – “Mercury used to be lots of fun–before we knew that it could kill you. In this simple electric motor, current running through the wire into 60 pounds of mer­cury causes the wire to revolve around a magnet…” – Link.

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