RUTHWELL, a parish, in the county of Dumfries containing the village of Clarencefield, 7Â½ miles (W. by N.) from Annan.
This is the basis of generation in rotating machines. You can produce a current in a conductor by connecting opposite ends to the + and-poles of a battery, but don't try this with your car battery or you will burn out the conductor and produce a lot of heat. It is safer to use a small dry battery.
For electricity to flow, there has to be something to push the electrons along. This is called an electromotive force (EMF) . A battery or power outlet creates the electromotive force that makes a current of electrons flow. An electromotive force is better known as a voltage.