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motion. The moment we give motion to this soft iron in front of the magnet, we get a spark. It is true, in this apparatus it is very small, but it is sufficient for you to judge of its character. It is the magneto-electric light; Fig. 59.and an instrument has been constructed, as there shewn (fig. 59), which represents a number of magnets placed radially upon a wheel—three wheels of magnets and two sets of helices. When the machine, which is worked