Here we have a magnetic motor. It will rotates either clockwise or counterclockwise depending on what way the current is flowing.
Unfortunately I was not present for this experiment (although i would have loved to..)
I talked to Nate and got the grasp of what is happening.
There is a spooled up wire, connected to a current siting above a magnet. The magnet will twist the spool half way, but then stop, because of the insulating material. It will rotate continuously if half the side of the spool is shaved off, giving it enough momentum to make a whole rotation and have the magnet twist it again.
This experiment related the magnetic field due to current. We have 3 points of interest. Point 1 show 2 currents flowing in opposite directions. Point 2 shows 2 currents flowing in the same direction and Point 3 has just one current. The direction of the magnetic field was determined by a compass. For the two currents in opposite directions the compass pointed north meaning no deflection. One current was deflected to the right ,as well as the two currents going in the same direction deflected also to the right.
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