Homemade Lightning: Creative Experiments in Electricity

by Richard A. Ford

One of the best books on electrostatics for the hobbyists, inventor, or experimenter is updated and expanded to include newly uncovered information on electrostatic generators and complete instructions for building various types, including Wimshurst and Van de Graaff generators. Throughout the book, the author provides hard-to-find information on electrical anomalies, which represent the frontier of electrostatic research. Covering theory and presenting electroscope and other construction projects and experiments, this handbook also includes experiments with electrohorticulture, gravitation and electricity, cold light, and electric tornadoes. Homemade Lightning is both an excellent first book for the building electrical experimenter and a superb book for accomplished experimenters who haven't spent much time with electrostatics.

Genres: Science, Physics

275 pages, Paperback

First published November 10, 1990

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book to read if you are frustrated engineer - or if you have the facilities to make a few classic engineering curios. I will admit i have read part of this book before as it was the inspiration for my Whimshurt machine, which i can tell you has bitten more on more than one occasion - reminding me that sometimes you really should read and not try. All the same a great book and a great inspiration.

[Jerry Travis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very good starter for those wishing to get into high-voltage experiments.