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The system of operation of the Franklin clock considers that the electrostatic force generated by an electric field is used to move the pendulums that strike two metal bells. [8] [9] The Franklin bells uses a metal rod as a lightning rod to attract current. One bell is connected to the lightning rod and the other bell is connected to the ground.
Franklin bells — demonstrate electric charges; Oxford Electric Bell — an experimental electric bell that was set up in 1840 and which has run nearly continuously ever since; Wimshurst machine — an electrostatic generator; Shooting a candle through a plank; Foucault pendulum — demonstrates the rotation of Earth
A popular experiment, due to Franklin, which seems to demonstrate this involves taking a jar apart after it has been charged and showing that little charge can be found on the metal plates, and therefore it must be in the dielectric. The first documented instance of this demonstration is in a 1749 letter by Franklin. [34]
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