Lego Wimshurst Sparking 11mm

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Lego Wimshurst Sparking 11mm
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2018-07-11 - commons.wikimedia.org

Summary

Approx. 11mm sparks from a small motorised Wimshurst machine using CD cover discs and Lego. Then we can see the charge build up using a home made gold leaf electroscope using gold leaf, aluminium foil, a crocodile clip and a beer bottle.

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