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The Mechanical Universe 28
Static Electricity |
Eighteenth-century electricians knew how to spark the interest of an audience with the principles of static electricity.
Ch Frame Code Title
1 A Opening Sequence
2 02419 G Introduction To Static Electricity
3 04652 V Magic Act
4 05969 H Ancient Greeks
5 06359 E Static Electricity Demonstration
6 06919 E Wimshurst Generator
7 07439 H Franklin And Electric Charge
8 08537 E Coulomb And His Charge Experiment
9 * 09819 A Electric Charge And Coulomb's Law
10 11560 H Leyden Jar
11 12099 V Earth From Space
12 12750 H Franklin In His Study
13 14795 V Magic Act
14 15719 A Atomic Structure
15 17154 V Magic Act
16 17484 A Salt Crystal
17 18231 V Waves On The Beach
18 18568 V Magic Act
19 19146 V Smelting Furnace
20 20526 A Conductivity
21 21221 A Atoms In A Metal
22 * 23095 A Charging By Induction
23* 24425 E A Gold Leaf Electroscope
24* 25170 A Electroscope Charged By Induction
25* 25805 V Electroscope Charged By Conduction
26* 26375 A Electroscope Charged By Conduction
27* 26628 V Magic Act
28* 26765 A Grounding A Conductor
29 28664 V Magic Act
30 29472 E Static Electricity Machines
31 29830 E Van De Graff Generator
32* 31634 E Tandem Van De Graff Accelerator
33* 32584 A Tandem Van De Graff Accelerator
34* 35354 V Accelerator's Computer Display
35 36124 H Franklin Walking In The Rain
36 36616 V Lightning
37 36933 E Charging By Induction (Magic Act-Electrophorus)
38 37336 A Charging By Induction
39 38133 E Charging By Induction (Magic Act)
40 39201 E Wimshurst Generator (Magic Act)
41 40625 H Leyden Jar
42 41151 A Leyden Jar
43 42051 H Leyden Jar
44 42321 V Magic Act
45 43881 G Electricity Demonstrations (incl wig on VdG)
46 46761 H Van Marem's Electrostatic Machine
47 47911 G Volta's Discovery
48900 credits
Ch 9 - nice animation of force on a charge as a vector and field lines
Chs 22-28 - nice segment with animations of charging an electroscope
Chs 32-34 - particle accelerators, useful for Phys 120?
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Prepared by Jeff Rudd, 1999
Revised by Laura Schmidt, 2007