A 19th century solar motor

By Craig Johnson; posted June 26, 2002

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Ok, so maybe it isn't a true go-with. But I'd never have a window display of insulators without one of these things merrily whirling away in it. This is a radiometer, and it has vanes inside that spin anytime a strong enough light hits them. I think the guy who made the Crooke's tubes back in the late 1800s invented these things too.

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