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ERIC Number: EJ293798
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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How Things Work: A Spinning Top, Lenz's Law and Electric Watches.
Crane, H. Richard, Ed.
Physics Teacher, v22 n2 p113-14 Feb 1984
Provides a physics explanation for a toy top driven by a magnet. Draws parallels to electric watches which use balance wheels with small permanent magnet mounts on them and having the coils mounted at one side. (JM)
Descriptors: Crystallography, High Schools, Magnets, Physics, Science Education, Secondary School Science, Technology, Toys, Transistors
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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