Professor Eric Laithwaite: Motors Big and Small

Professor Eric Laithwaite: Motors Big and Small – 1971

Posted by FpUser on Saturday January 28, 2023 @03:34PM
from the self-post dept.

Absolutely amazing video explaining electric motors https://youtube.com/watch?v=oWiYsRi2Dss&feature=shares

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Re:Professor Eric Laithwaite: Motors Big and Small – 1971 by dang on Saturday January 28, 2023 @05:37PM (#34562756)

Motors Big and Small (1971) [video] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31713809 - June 2022 (15 comments)

Motors Big and Small (1971) [video] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13825078 - March 2017 (14 comments)

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Re:Professor Eric Laithwaite: Motors Big and Small – 1971 by dredmorbius on Sunday January 29, 2023 @01:11AM (#34565439)

I stumbled across this series some years back. It's truly an excellent demonstration and explanation of how electric motors, both rotating and linear, work, and the principles behind them.

The presenter, Eric Laithwaite, was a British electrical engineer known as "father of the Maglev". Wikipedia bio has more information:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Laithwaite>

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Re:Professor Eric Laithwaite: Motors Big and Small – 1971 by culopatin on Sunday January 29, 2023 @09:51AM (#34568621)

Does anyone have a similar video but about generating electricity on the coils through moving the rotating piece?

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Re:Professor Eric Laithwaite: Motors Big and Small – 1971 by turpialito on Sunday January 29, 2023 @12:06PM (#34570115)

Intriguing username. Buttskate?

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