Homemade Lightning: Creative Experiments in Electricity

by R. Ford and Richard Ford

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An excellent first book for the building electrical experimenter and a superb book for accomplished experimenters who haven't spent much time with electrostatics


One of the best books on electrostatics for the hobbyists, inventor, or experimenter is updated and expanded to include newly uncovered information on electrostatic generators and complete instructions for building various types, including Wimshurst and Van de Graaff generators. Throughout the book, the author provides hard-to-find information on electrical anomalies, which represent the frontier of electrostatic research.

Covering theory and presenting electroscope and other construction projects and experiments, this handbook also includes experiments with electrohorticulture, gravitation and electricity, cold light, and electric tornadoes. Homemade Lightning is both an excellent first book for the building electrical experimenter and a superb book for accomplished experimenters who haven't spent much time with electrostatics.

  • ISBN10 007161060X
  • ISBN13 9780071610605
  • Publish Date 29 August 2001
  • Publish Status Temporarily Withdrawn
  • Out of Print 29 December 2014
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint McGraw Hill Tab
  • Edition 3rd ed.
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 272
  • Language English