Benjamin Franklin gave us an understanding of electricity. Michael Faraday gave us an understanding of the use of electricity by mechanical means. This Laboratory Magneto Dynamo combines the understanding of these two great innovators. After Franklin's famous lightning / kite experiment in 1752 and after Faraday's discovery of his famous "mercury motor" Christmas day in 1821, there was a lesser known discovery, but perhaps just as inspiring. In 1832, Hippolyte Pixii, the instrument maker of Paris developed the first known mechanical apparatus for generating electricity. This Laboratory Magneto Dynamo, demonstrates Pixii's principle and demonstrates the basic principles found in present day electric generators and motors. This laboratory demonstrator is 4.25 inches deep, 7.75 inches tall and has a circular frame diameter of 5.75 inches. It has two permanent magnets made adjustable by 2 brass binding thumb screws, and it is fitted with a rotating bi-polar armature, both coiled with silk wound copper wire.