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Sikes's Hydrometer Listen The hydrometer is a measurement device to determine the mass density of liquids. It was developed in the early 19th century and put to use by the British Customs Services to
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Hydrostatic Balance on the model of 's Gravesande Listen This device is used to determine the density of liquids. To do so the two cups below the scale pans are filled with different liquids. Attached
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Galileo's Inclined Plane Experiment Listen Galileo's inclined plane is a wooden beam of approximately 6,7m length the top of which has a hemicircular vellum-bound notch. The vellum is used in order to
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Demonstration device for the parabolic flight curve according to ‘sGravesande Listen The demonstration device according to 'sGravensande and van Musschenbroek is first mentioned in the 1742 edition of
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Mouchot's Solar Heater Listen The Solar Heater on the model of Mouchot is a heliothermal engine by which food or water can be heated by solar radiation. Augustin Mouchot developed a string of heliothe
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Wissenschaftshistorische Analyse und fachdidaktische Aspekte des Geiger-Müller-Zählrohres. Flensburg, Flensburg University Press. Korff, Sebastian (2013b): Beyond the Geiger-Müller Counter , in: Heering [...] through Historical Instruments and Experiments in Formal and Non-Formal Learning Environments. Flensburg, Flensburg University Press, 31-41. Korff, Sebastian (2013a): How the Geiger Counter started to crackle:
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Wissenschaftsgeschichte didaktisch nutzbar machen. Ideen, Überlegungen und Fallstudien., Flensburg, Flensburg University Press. 93-110. Panusch, Martin (2012): Millikan's Vessels , in: Bulletin of the
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Nachbau, experimentelle Untersuchungen und physikalische Beschreibung . Bachelorarbeit. Universität Flensburg, IPCD, unveröffentlicht. Barlow, Peter (1822): A curious electro-magnetic Experiment . in: The
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Coulomb's Torsion Balance Listen Coulomb's Torsion Balance is a setup based on two glass cylinders, one of 65cm length with a torsion micrometer (fig.2, right) is placed on a glass plate that rests on
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Electrostatic Generator Listen The electrostatic generator is one of many variants of a frictional electrical machine used in the second half of the 18 th century. It became standard equipment for the