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Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner: Experiments with Points and Leyden Jars
written by Robert Morse
published by the Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University
This lab manual integrates Franklin's first letter about conductors and Leyden jars with detailed explanations for setting up similar experiments in the classroom using simple materials.  It also includes historic photographs and drawings of early generators.

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Electricity & Magnetism
- Electrostatics
General Physics
- History
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
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© 2004 Robert Morse and Wright Center for Science Eduction, Tufts University
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Benjamin Frankin on the web, Franklin writings, Leyden jars, electrostatics, history of physics, lightning, websights
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Morse, R. (2004). Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner: Experiments with Points and Leyden Jars. Medford: Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3428&DocID=2394
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Morse, Robert. "Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner: Experiments with Points and Leyden Jars." Medford: Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University, 2006. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3428&DocID=2394 (accessed 5 December 2024).
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Morse, Robert. Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner: Experiments with Points and Leyden Jars. Medford: Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University, 2004. 5 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3428&DocID=2394>.
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