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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

Geiger Müller counter tube Listen The Geiger Müller counter tube is one of the earliest measurement devices for the field of radioactivity. Walter Müller developed it under the auspices of his thesis

in: Naturwissenschaften im Unterricht – Physik , 126, 32-35. Panusch, M., Singh, R., & Heering, P. (2010). How Robert A. Millikan got the Physics Nobel Prize . Interchange, 41 (4), 425-442.

curious electro-magnetic Experiment . in: The Philosophical Magazine and Journal (59). Mills, Allan (2010): Barlow's Wheel . in: Scientific Instrument Society (107).

Coulomb's Torsion Balance Listen Coulomb's Torsion Balance is a setup based on two glass cylinders, one of 65cm length with a torsion micrometer (fig.2, right) is placed on a glass plate that rests on

Electrostatic Generator Listen The electrostatic generator is one of many variants of a frictional electrical machine used in the second half of the 18 th century. It became standard equipment for the

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

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