There is nothing Top Men like better then reducing a design down to simple basics. (Well actually, snorkeling in Maui might give “reducing a design down to simple basics” a run for its money.)

Here is about as simple a motor as you can get – the old homopolar motor. Battery, magnet, and copper wire – combined to amaze even the dullest of the teeming masses.

Feel free to visit here for a few more details.

(Thanks Jonathan!)

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