[via MSN/WSJ] While the first real application of an electric motor was Ben Franklin’s electrostatically-driven turkey rotisserie, electromagnetic type motors largely supplanted the technology ...

THE description by Van Wyk and Kühn 1 of their corona motor reminded me that a number of years ago I made an electrostatic motor, in basic concept not unlike their motor, but fitted with metal ...

[via MSN/WSJ] While the first real application of an electric motor was Ben Franklin’s electrostatically-driven turkey rotisserie, electromagnetic type motors largely supplanted the technology ...

A technology pioneered by Benjamin Franklin is being revived to build more efficient electric motors, an effort in its ...