Advice on How to Perform Electrostatics Experiments
I've been experimenting with the practical side of the history of electricity for over a year now. In this post, I'd like to gather some resources and notes for how to best perform the various electrostatics experiments that are rarely described in any detail. This page is a work in progress. References For a look at the history of electricity , there are many treatments. I'd recommend of course looking at my YouTube channel; for authoritative contemporary and modern references see Priestley's History; the Encyclopedia Britannica , 3rd edition (1797) or other editions for comparison; Heilbron's Elements of Early Modern Physics ; or Park Benjamin's History. Whittaker's History is most concerned with theory and is not particularly well suited to practical history. For advice on performing electrical experiments , see: Encyclopedia Britannica , 3rd edition (1797). One of the most thorough yet concise contemporary treatments of electricity available, including