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Wikipedia demonstration video of the Levitron levitating top device which partially explains its reliance upon the principle of spin stabilized magnetic levitation. A phenomenon discovered through invention in the late 1970's by Roy M. Harrigan (for which he received a patent in 1983 #4,382,245).

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Recorded by Scott Stevenson User:Netscott.

Date

March 27, 2007

Author

Scott Stevenson User:Netscott

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