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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
The experiment consists of two brass bells, each positioned beneath a dry pile (a form of battery), the pair of piles connected in series, giving the bells opposite electric charges. The clapper is a metal sphere approximately 4 mm (3 ⁄ 16 in) in diameter suspended between the piles, which rings the bells alternately due to electrostatic ...
Andrew Gordon was born in Cofforach, Forfarshire.He was a son of an old Scottish aristocratic family and baptized with the name George. At the age of 12, he travelled to Regensburg, Bavaria, in order to study at the Benedictine Scottish Monastery.
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