Code Number: 5C20.51

Demo Title: Lichtenberg Figures

Condition: Good

Area of Study: Electricity & Magnetism

Equipment:

Lichtenberg figure with lighted base.

Procedure:

Turn on the lighted base and observe.

References:

Francisco Jose Torcal-Milla, "Static Electricity Discharge on a Radiography Plate", TPT, Vol. 62, #1, Jan. 2024, p. 78.
Colin Pounder, "Electrical Figures", TPT, Vol. 10, #8, Nov. 1972, p. 468, also A Potpourri of Physics Teaching Ideas - Electricity and Magnetism, p. 142.
"Accelerator Art", Physics Today, Vol. 64, #4, Apr. 2011, p. 84.
"October 1777: Discovery of Lichtenberg Figures", This Month in Physics History, APS News, Nov. 2012, p. 2 & 6.
Joseph Frick, "# 270 - Lichtenberg's Figures", Physical Technics: Or Practical Instructions for Making Experiments in Physics and the Construction of Physical Apparatus with the Most Limmited Means, p. 305.

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