Module: Licht, Waerme, Strahlen / Magnetismus, Elektrizitaet, Induktion / Daemonen und Geister
Sequence: 2.0. Vitrine_11310: Magnetismus, Elektrizitaet, Induktion
Branching Point: Magnetism, Electricity, Induction
Sequence: 2.1. Objektfolge_11310: Magnetismus, Elektrizitaet, Induktion
Slide: Armed Loadstone
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Slide: Electroscope
Slide: Electrometer
Slide: Leyden Jar
Slide: Electric Pile
Slide: Peltier Effect
Slide: Seebeck Effect
Slide: Mechanical Model of Induction
Slide: Electrodynamic Current Balance
Slide: Magnetic Field of a Conductor
Slide: Electromagnetic Motor
Slide: Electric Motor
Slide: Einstein’s Lecture Notes concerning the Volta Element
Slide: Page from an Einstein Manuscript
Sequence: 2.2. Ebene_03_Magnetism_Objects_Deep
Branching Point: Objects in Operation
Sequence: 2.2.1. Objekt 11310_1523: Elektromotor von Hipp_Deep
Slide: Electric Motor
Slide: Direct Current Motor of Matthias Hipp
Sequence: 2.2.2. Objekt 11310_1547: Leydener Flasche_Deep
Slide: Leyden Jar
Slide: How does the Leyden Jar Work?
Sequence: 2.2.3. Objekt 11310_1587: Elekroskop_Kondensator_Deep
Slide: Electroscope
Slide: An Electrometer is Transformed into an Electroscope
Slide: How does the Electroscope Work? (Animation I)
Slide: How does the Electroscope Work? (Animation II)
Slide: An Electroscope in Action
Sequence: 2.2.4. Objekt 11310_1588: Elektrometer_Deep
Slide: Electrometer
Slide: How does the Electrometer Work?
Slide: An Electrometer in Action
Sequence: 2.2.5. grueel_animationen_branch
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Sequence: 2.2.5.1. Gruuel_animation_de
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Sequence: 2.3. Ebene_03_Magnetism_History
Branching Point: Electricity Becomes Popular
Sequence: 2.3.1. Die Entdeckung der Elektrizitaet (EH)
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Sequence: 2.3.2. Biographie: Alessandro Volta
Slide: Alessandro Volta (1745–1827)
Sequence: 2.3.3. Elektrifizierung (EH)
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Sequence: 2.3.4. Industrialisierung_elektrizitaet
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Sequence: 2.4. Studie_zur_Magnetisums
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Leyden Jar
Second half of the eighteenth century

Oldest device for storing electricity, described for the first time in 1745. The initially inexplicable amplification of the impact of an electric discharge achieved by means of the storage in the Leyden jar is met with much astonishment in the eighteenth century.

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