
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 merÂcury causes the wire to revolve around a magnet…” – Link.
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