Faraday Disc

Published 10.11.2010 Presenter Anton Pankratov

Faraday Disc

In 1831 Michael Faraday, having discovered the law of electromagnetic induction, apart from other experiments made a demonstrable device of converting mechanical energy into electric energy – the Faraday disc. The device was extremely inefficient, but its value was in moving forward the science. The device actually had a lot in common with the Burlow wheel ...