Electric Magnetic Coil Engine

Description

I found a Patent (958354) describing an engine of this type. It was designed by Charles E. Avery in 1910 and sold as a toy by a company called MESCO. It came in three different sizes, this being the smallest. I used a photocopier to scale the diagram up to size, and just measured every part to make this model. It has an interesting feature: the lever controlls forward and backward motion and also speed. I am running it on 12V and it is drawing 2 Amps. ... Electric Magnetic Coil Engine Charles E ...