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Table of Contents

  • 1. Mechanics
  • 2. Harmonic Motion, Waves and Sound
  • 3. Matter and Thermodynamics
  • 4. Electricity and Magnetism
    • A. AC Circuits
    • B. Capacitors and Inductors
    • C. DC Circuits
    • D. Electrodynamics
    • E. Electronics
    • F. Electrostatics
    • G. Mag Lev
    • H. Magnetic Fields of Currents
      • 10. Jumping Wire
      • 20. Long Straight Wire
      • 30. Lorentz Force Law
      • 40. Magnetic Effect on Current
      • 50. Meter Movement
      • 60. Oersted Effect
      • 70. Parallel Wires
      • 80. Solenoid and Loop Fields
    • I. Magnetostatics
  • 5. Light and Optics
  • 6. Modern Physics
  • 7. Astronomy
  • 8. Software and Multimedia
  • 9. Index and code conversion from older manual
  • External Resources

50. Meter Movement

A model of a meter movement shows how a coil rotates in the field of a permanent magnet when a current is pulsed through it.

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