Electricity and Magnetism > Electric Fields and Potential DCS# 5B10.30

ELECTROSTATIC CHIMES

electrostatic chimes

APPARATUS
Wimshurst machine 202-18-E-1
electrostatic chimes 202-18-C


DESCRIPTION
Four balls are suspended between four outer bells and a bell in the center.  Center bell is insulated from the other four bells and balls are insulated from everything.  When the center bell is charged, the balls bounce rapidly back and forth between the center and the outer bells.