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205 We would like to thank Quartet Books for the per- mission to use the cover of Time for Outrage! Empörung Enthusiasmus Hoffnung Europäische Revolutionen und gegenwärtige Protestbewegungen Tagung 11

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• Conference "Outrage - Enthusiasm - Hope. European revolutions and contemporary protest movements".

develop a new theoretical and methodological instrument that can be used in literature and media studies to analyse borders, border areas and border crossings. In individual case studies, new perspectives

chromatics, the teaching on colours. Amongst other instruments he used the water prism to find arguments against the Newtonian theory of colours by means of experiment – but did not succeed. He used

th century, glass was generally of a poor quality and so he only used tiny self-made lenses which provided an enormous magnification. Among his scientific findings was proof that flea are indeed born

prototype of modern magnifying glasses. It was and still is put to use to magnify minute writings. further reading Belting, Hans (2008): Florenz und Bagdad. Eine westöstliche Geschichte des Blicks .

Lucida facilitates to make a drawing of a microscopic object (using a suitable objective lens!) or of a macroscopic object. further reading Fiorentini, Erna (2006): Camera Obscura vs. Camera Lucida

respective electrostatic charges from the Double Electrophorus can be used to produce Lichtenberg Dust Figures. These are formed once an electric charge is brought from the electrophorus to a resin plate.

, its opposite goes into the next cup. Here a second element is used (with the same plate beginning as in the first cup) to make a connection to the third cup and so forth. Hence in every cup of the [...] except for the first and the last cup. The Crown of Cups can be used to experience the effect of electricity physiologically. Just place a finger of one hand into the first cup and a finger from the

precursor to the tangent galvanometer is the tangent bussole, which used a ring of plain copper instead of the induction coils. The tangent galvanometer in our HistoLab is labelled "Philip Harris Ltd.

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 systematic research on the then new found phenomenon [...] rotating disk passing on the electrical charges to the conductor. We use the instrument in two versions, for historical research, a glass disc is placed into the instrument. However, for educational purposes, a disc of acrylic glass is used for reasons of practicability and safety. further reading Hackmann, W. D. (1978). Electricity from Glass: The History of the Frictional