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