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The Mechanical Universe 30
Capacitance and Potential |
Franklin proposes a successful theory of the Leyden jar and invents the parallel plate capacitor.
Ch Frame Code Title
1 A Opening Sequence
2 02400 G Mushenbrook And The Leyden Jar
3 08275 H Franklin Takes A Walk
4 10532 H English Electricity Laboratory
5 11090 H Franklin Describing Electrical Effects
6 13242 A Work, Potential Energy, And Difference
7 17091 H Franklin's Electric Fluid
8 18660 H Franklin's Book On Electricity
9 19169 V Charging Batteries
10 19920 H Franklin's Printing Press
11 22236 H Frankling Strolling In The Garden
12 23745 H Franklin In Study; His Accomplishments
13 27345 A Electric Field Near Charges
14 29172 A Difference In Potential Between Charges
15 31769 H Franklin At His Desk
16 32246 H Newton In His Study
17 33085 A Electric Forces
18 33778 A Potential, Electric Field, And Capacitance
19 35260 H Franklin's Study Of Lightning In The Rain
20 36556 H Franklin's Book Explaining Lightning Rod
21 37313 H Franklin In A Garden & His Lighning Shock
22 39133 H Franklin's Explanation Of The Leyden Jar
23 40492 A Capacitors And Electric Fields
24 42553 H Capacitors In Series And In Parallel
25 43850 H Franklin - A Statesman And Public Servant
26 45372 G Franklin's Invention Of The Lightning Rod
49400 credits
Largely an encomium on Ben Franklin. Typical American chest thumping. The animations, Chs 6, 13, 14, 17, 18 and 23, may prove useful. The rest would be merely distracting in a lecture setting.
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Prepared by Jeff Rudd, 1999
Revised by Laura Schmidt, 2007