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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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electrostatic forces. Movement is initiated by charging the body of the boxer so that his hands will be moving away from from and towards his trunks.
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setup. Once an electrostatic charge has been applied to the conductor on the top, the balls start moving.
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Electrical Sportsman Listen The Electrical Sportman is operated with the help of an electrostatic generator that charges the Leyden Jar on the base plate of the setup. The ‘Birds’ are electrically con
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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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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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Electrophorus Listen The Electrophorus is an electrostatic generator, developed by Wilcke around 1761 and popularised by Volta towards the end of the 18 th century. The electrophorus consists of a res
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Two thin straws are hung up inside of a jar so they can oscillate freely without being disturbed by moving air. The wire holding them is not just the mount but also the electrical connection to the bottom [...] condensator is charged or brought near to an already charged condensator the straws are charged and move away from one another due to the same electrostatic charge. The angle formed between the two straws
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Camera Lucida Listen The Camera Lucida, sometimes known as Wollaston prism, consists of an upright brass column, to which a prism holder is mounted. By looking through the prism you can see a sheet of
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Camera Obscura Listen A Camera Obscura is an darkened room or volume into which light can shine through a pin hole, sometimes a pin hole combined with a lens. On the wall opposite to the entrance hole