4 intro electrostatics
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Benjamin Franklin conducted experiments with electricity in the 1700s using simple apparatus. Through his experiments, he developed the concepts of positive and negative charges and proposed demonstrating the connection between lightning and electricity by flying a kite during a storm. In 1752, Franklin performed his famous kite experiment during a storm and was able to draw sparks from a key attached to the kite string, providing evidence that lightning is a form of electricity. Franklin's experiments made him famous and helped establish the field of electrostatics.
4 intro electrostatics
- 1. ELECTROSTATICS For sometime, ancient men considered lightning to be a weapon of the gods. The ancient Greeks feared the god of all gods, Zeus, and
- 4. ELECTROSTATICS… Some doubt remains about whether Franklin actually performed the kite experiment, because he failed to mention it for some time. The European demonstrations, however, made Franklin famous. Franklin also published instructions on how to protect houses with lightning rods.
- 5. ELECTROSTATICS… Benjamin Franklin and his famous Kite Experiment on Electricity.
- 6. ELECTROSTATICS… How do lightning occur…?
- 7. ELECTROSTATICS… Lightning is considered as a static electricity. Electricity began with man’s curiosity on the peculiar ability of amber and loadstone to attract other materials. Loadstone is known today as magnetized iron core. Amber is a translucent yellowish-brown fossil resin. Thales of Miletus – 1st recorded investigator of ability of amber. Electrics – comes from the Greek word elektron meaning “amber”.
- 8. ELECTROSTATICS… Electrostatics is the study of all phenomena associated with charged bodies at rest. Static electricity has always been a part of our daily experience, although we are not aware of it. We feel a very mild electric shock when we walk across a carpet and reach out for the knob or any metallic object. We see the so- called “fly away hair effect” when we comb our hair several times. This comb may even attract small pieces of paper.
- 9. ELECTROSTATICS… The modern theory of electric charges is the electron theory. It explains the existence of charges by the structure of an atom. An atom is made up of positively charged nucleus surrounded by negatively charged electrons. The nucleus contains the positively charged protons and uncharged neutrons. Bodies that provide electricity are known to be charged. Charges are classified into positive and negative charges.
- 10. ELECTROSTATICS… The modern theory of electric charges is the electron theory. It explains the existence of charges by the structure of an atom. An atom is made up of positively charged nucleus surrounded by negatively charged electrons. The nucleus contains the positively charged protons and uncharged neutrons. Bodies that provide electricity are known to be charged. Charges are classified into positive and negative charges.