Rising force : the magic of magnetic levitation /
Livingston, James D., 1930-
Rising force : the magic of magnetic levitation / James D. Livingston. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. - xi, 271 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Levity vs. gravity -- Gravitational and magnetic forces -- Maglev-a balance of forces -- Spinning the levitron -- Inducing uplift -- Flying frogs -- Super-lev -- Feeding back -- In a spin -- The no-spin zone -- Flying trains -- All aboard! -- Keeping it up.
0674055357 (hc : alk. paper) 9780674055353 (hc : alk. paper)
2010047290
015720314 Uk
Magnetic fields.
Magnetic suspension.
Rising force : the magic of magnetic levitation / James D. Livingston. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. - xi, 271 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Levity vs. gravity -- Gravitational and magnetic forces -- Maglev-a balance of forces -- Spinning the levitron -- Inducing uplift -- Flying frogs -- Super-lev -- Feeding back -- In a spin -- The no-spin zone -- Flying trains -- All aboard! -- Keeping it up.
0674055357 (hc : alk. paper) 9780674055353 (hc : alk. paper)
2010047290
015720314 Uk
Magnetic fields.
Magnetic suspension.