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Electric bell

An electric bell is worked by an electromagnet.

When the switch is pushed 'on', current flows throught the coil. The coil becomes an electromagnet. It attracts the metal strip. This moves the clanger to hit the bell, but also breaks the circuit.

The coil is no longer a magnet. The clanger moves back. The circuit has made a gain.

The bell keeps ringing until the switch is released.

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