The following photos taken by Wilbert Smith shows the construction of an experimental apparatus for demonstrating weight changes due to rotating magnetic fields. Click on the images to show a larger version.
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| Figure 1: This photo shows clearly an overlapping structure of the magnets around the circumference of the rotor. We know that the rotor is six inches in diameter, so we can estimate the size of the magnet wafers. Unfortunately, we do not have information on how the magnet poles are oriented. | Figure 2: This photo shows the connection to the motor driving the rotor. The red disk-shaped object on the ground might have been used to cover the rotor, perhaps for safety and/or to hold an object to be levitated. |
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| Figure 3: This photo shows the precision balance scale supporting an object suspended above the rotor. Note that the indicator is calibrated to its center position. The implication is that the rotor is not spinning. | Figure 4: Here we see the same scale and suspended object, but with the indicator deflected to one side. The scale deviation implies that the rotor is spinning, thus causing a weight change. Note that the suspended mass appears to be inside a glass tube to prevent air currents from affecting the measurement. |