Magnet Tool (IMAGE)

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Magnet Tool

Caption

This is a rotating permanent magnet tool developed by Smid et al for viewing magnetotactic bacteria with a light microscope. A first gear (1) is mounted on a motor to drive a larger gear (2). The second gear rotates around a fixed axis on which a third gear (3) is mounted. A fourth gear (4) is designed to change the direction of rotation of the fifth gear (5), upon which the permanent magnet is attached.

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Pieter Smid/Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität

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