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Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner: Describing the Lightning Rod Experiment
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Robert Morse
published by the Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University
This lab manual describes Franklin's thoughts on the electrical nature of lightening and the use of lightening rods. It includes descriptions of historical experiments and studies and electrostatic experiments with simple and inexpensive generators and Leyden jars.
This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.
Topic: "Static" Electricity
Unit Title: Franklin and Electrostatics This item highlights Ben Franklin's proposal to experiment with the lightning rod. Historic text is augmented with detailed diagrams, photos, and editorial explanations. Link to Unit:
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=3433">Morse, Robert. "Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner: Describing the Lightning Rod Experiment ." Medford: Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University, 2006.</a>
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R. Morse, , 2004, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3433&DocID=2404).
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R. Morse, Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner: Describing the Lightning Rod Experiment , 2004, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3433&DocID=2404>.
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Morse, R. (2004). Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner: Describing the Lightning Rod Experiment . Medford: Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University. Retrieved October 8, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3433&DocID=2404
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Morse, Robert. "Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner: Describing the Lightning Rod Experiment ." Medford: Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University, 2006. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3433&DocID=2404 (accessed 8 October 2024).
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Morse, Robert. Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner: Describing the Lightning Rod Experiment . Medford: Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University, 2004. 8 Oct. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3433&DocID=2404>.
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Title = {Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner: Describing the Lightning Rod Experiment },
Institution = {Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University},
Address = {Medford},
Month = {February},
Year = {2006}
}
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