Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner: Experiments and Theory of the Leyden Jar

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written by Robert Morse
published by the Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University

This lab manual uses a letter by Franklin to motivate experiments studying static electricity. The experiments explore the transfer of electric charge during the charging and discharging of Leyden jars. The material includes detailed descriptions of how to set up classroom experiments using inexpensive materials. The manual also includes historical references and pictures.

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Published: January 1, 2004

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - Electrostatics = Charge = Conductors and Insulators General Physics - History	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Instructor Guide/Manual = Laboratory - Reference Material

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Intended User:: Learner
Format:: application/pdf
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2004 Wright Center for Science Eduction
Keywords:: Franklin writings, Leyden jar, conservation of charge, history of physics
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created March 2, 2006 by Amin Parnian
Record Updated:: January 9, 2012 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: February 1, 2006
Other Collections:: The PSRC

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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.

Topic: "Static" Electricity
Unit Title: Franklin and Electrostatics

Franklin's second letter about transfer of electrical fluid in Leyden jars is accompanied by descriptions for setting up the experiments in a classroom.

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Morse, Robert. "Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner: Experiments and Theory of the Leyden Jar." Medford: Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University, 2006. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3429&DocID=2401 (accessed 3 October 2024).

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