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Galileo's Inclined Plane Experiment Listen Galileo's inclined plane is a wooden beam of approximately 6,7m length the top of which has a hemicircular vellum-bound notch. The vellum is used in order to

Demonstration device for the parabolic flight curve according to ‘sGravesande Listen The demonstration device according to 'sGravensande and van Musschenbroek is first mentioned in the 1742 edition of

Mouchot's Solar Heater Listen The Solar Heater on the model of Mouchot is a heliothermal engine by which food or water can be heated by solar radiation. Augustin Mouchot developed a string of heliothe

Press. Korff, Sebastian (2013b): Beyond the Geiger-Müller Counter , in: Heering, P.; Klassen, S.; Metz, D.: Enabling Scientific Understanding through Historical Instruments and Experiments in Formal and Non-Formal

Vessels , in: Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society , 113, 32-37. Panusch, M.; Heering, P. (2011): Robert A. Millikan und die Bestimmung der Elementarladung: Historische Aspekte eines klassischen

Lorentz force is exerted onto the wheel, which sets it in rapid motion. further reading Baade, Patrick (2011): Das 'Barlowsche Rad': Nachbau, experimentelle Untersuchungen und physikalische Beschreibung . B

Attempts to Establish the Lightning Rod in Pre-Revolutionary Paris . In P. Heering, O. Hochadel, & D. Rhees (Eds.), Playing with Fire: Histories of the Lightning Rod . Philadelphia: American Philosophical

further reading Hackmann, W. D. (1978). Electricity from Glass: The History of the Frictional Electrical Machine 1600 - 1850 . Alphen aan den Rijn: Sijthoff & Noordhoff. Weber, H. (2011). Die Elektrisiermaschinen

Henley's Quadrant Electrometer Listen Henley's variation of a quadrant electrometer consists of an upright column with a brass stand. Attached to the column is a wire with an elder pith ball. If the i

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