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Millikan's apparatus for the determination of the elementary charge Listen From 1909 until 1911 Robert A. Millikan together with his assistant Harvey Fletcher conducted experiments to determine the el
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Litrameter Listen Robert Hare was a lecturer in chemistry at Pennsylvania University. His litrameter was represented in science periodicals of both the old and new world. By his own account he used st
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Sextant Listen The sextant was and still is a navigational instrument. It evolved from the ancient octant (eigth part of the circumference of a circle) and is used to measure the angular difference be
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Leyden Jars Listen A newly developed instrument shocked (most literally) scientists researching electricity in 1745: the Leyden Jar or Amplifiying Jar. The Prelate Ewald Jürgen von Kleist and the Leyd
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Voltaic Crown of Cups Listen The Crown of Cups is a modification of the Voltaic Pile. A rectangular plate of copper and zinc are connected by a wire soldered to both plates and thus an "electric eleme
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Lichtenberg's Double Electrophorus Listen The Double Electrophorus is a further development from the Electrophorus , capable to produce and provide both electrostatical charges by means of electrostat
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Tangent Galvanometer Listen A galvanometer measures an electrical current by means of the electromagnetical properties of an induction coil and the Lorentz force. The instrument contains various coils
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Voltaic Pile Listen The Voltaic Pile consists of copper and zinc plates, between which a piece of paper or cloth is placed, which has been soaked with salt water. Volta expected the electrical current
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Electrical Experiments for Entertainment Purposes Listen These exhibits are experimental setups made for entertainment's sake. They could be found in the parlours of educated families throughout the 1
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