Homemade Lightning: Creative Experiments in Electricity.R.A. Ford Geared toward serious hobbyists and those who want to garner a deep understanding of how high-voltage electrostatics electrostatics, study of phenomena associated with charged bodies at rest (see charge; electricity). A charged body has an excess of positive or negative charges, a condition usually brought about by the transfer of electrons to or from the body. work, this guide details how to build your own Wimhurst generator or modify a Van de Graaff Noun 1. Van de Graaff - United States physicist (1901-1967) Robert Jemison Van de Graaff, Robert Van de Graaff generator in order to perform electrifying e·lec·tri·fy tr.v. e·lec·tri·fied, e·lec·tri·fy·ing, e·lec·tri·fies 1. To produce electric charge on or in (a conductor). 2. a. experiments. In the process of explaining high-voltage-generator design and construction, Ford provides background information on the theory of such machines' operation. Then he details how to make capacitors and electroscopes that determine the electrical condition of the atmosphere. There are also lessons on how to levitate lev·i·tate intr. & tr.v. lev·i·tat·ed, lev·i·tat·ing, lev·i·tates To rise or cause to rise into the air and float in apparent defiance of gravity. lightweight objects with electrical forces, do exploding-wire experiments, and make electric tornadoes. Other chapters explore how electricity affects people and plants and detail the nature of countergravitation and light phenomena such as the aurora borealis. McGraw, 2002, 257 p., b&w photos/illus., paperback, $24.95. |
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