Arago's rotations

Arago's rotations is an observable phenomenon and effect discovered by François Arago in 1824. In the effect, as a copper disc is rotated in its own plane, and if a magnetic needle be freely suspended on a pivot over the disc, the needle will rotate with the disc. If on the other hand the needle is fixed it will tend to retard the motion of the disc.

See also

• Faraday effect
• Induction motor
• History of electromagnetism

Further reading

• Walter Baily, A Mode of producing Arago's Rotation. June 28, 1879. (Philosophical magazine: a journal of theoretical, experimental and applied physics. Taylor & Francis., 1879)