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Homemade Lightning: Creative Experiments in Electricity R. Ford

Homemade Lightning: Creative Experiments in Electricity By R. Ford

Homemade Lightning: Creative Experiments in Electricity by R. Ford


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Summary

This text on electrostatics for the hobbyist, inventor or experimenter provides information on electrical anomalies, which represent the frontier of electrostatic research. It covers experiments with electrohorticulture, gravitation and electricity, cold light, and electric tornadoes.

Homemade Lightning: Creative Experiments in Electricity Summary

Homemade Lightning: Creative Experiments in Electricity by R. Ford

This text on electrostatics for the hobbyist, inventor or experimenter provides information on electrical anomalies, which represent the frontier of electrostatic research. It covers theory, as well as experiments with electrohorticulture, gravitation and electricity, cold light, and electric tornadoes. This edition includes information on electrostatic generators, and complete instructions for building various types, including Wimshurst and Van de Graaf generators.

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Table of Contents

Introduction.Lightning and Electrocution Safety.Part I: Design and Construction.Types of Electrostatic Generators.Elements of Good Design.James Wimshurst's Influence Machine.The Author's Generator.Unusual Generator Designs.Theories of Generator Operation.Part II: Accessory Instruments, Experiments, and Applications.The Electroscope.The Leyden Jar Condenser.The Electrophorous.Electrostatic Motors Electrohorticulture.Electrotherapeutics.High Voltage Humans.Cold Light.Miscellaneous Experiments.Electroaerodynamics.Countergravitation.Unusual Electric Discharges.Some Philosophical Conclusions and Insights.

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GOR002956897
9780070215283
0070215286
Homemade Lightning: Creative Experiments in Electricity by R. Ford
Used - Very Good
Paperback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
19960531
256
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