ELECTROSTATICS, by A.D. Moore
By the grand old man of electrostatics. Great book, has the Di-Rod
generator construction project and lots of other projects. Unavailable
for decades, it was FINALLY reprinted recently.
NATURE'S ELECTRICITY, by Charles K. Adams, 1986, McGraw-Hill
A beginners' guide to static electricity, piezoelectricity, and
atmospheric electricity, with over 20 simple learn-by-doing
experiments. ppbk, 160 pages
THE FLYING CIRCUS OF PHYSICS WITH ANSWERS, by Jearl Walker, 1977,
ISBN:0-471-02984-X
Sections 6.7 through 6.18 give a fairly short Q&A about static
electricity, but a long, excellent bibliography of scientific papers is
provided for further research.
ELECTROSTATIC MOTORS Their history, types, and principles of operation,
by Dr. Oleg Jefimenko
This is a must-have book for anyone interested in the subject, written by
"Mr. Electrostatic Motor" himself. pp120, 10 chapters, 68 photos &
illustrations.
Also order from: Electret Scientific Co.
PO Box 4132
Star City, W. VA 26505
Article: ELECTROSTATIC MOTORS YOU CAN BUILD (by Dr. Jefimenko)
Popular Science magazine, April 1971, May 1971
Dr. Jefimenko gives plans for various plexiglas and foil motors. He runs
them from the clear-weather sky voltage, using a long wire and a balloon!
Order these magazine backissues through the interlibrary loan program at
your public library.
Article: Electrostatic motors
Scientific American Magazine, THE AMATEUR SCIENTIST,
October 1974 (obtain back issues via interlibrary loan)
Sci. Am Index of THE AMATEUR SCIENTIST, from the SAS group (become a member!)
ELECTROSTATICS HANDBOOK, by Charles Green
Howard W. Sams Co., 1973, #21023
ISBN: 0-672-21023-1
Numerous static electric build-it projects, including Kelvin Thunderstorm,
VandeGraaff, e-motors.
Sparks and Shocks: Experiments from the Golden Age of Static Electricity
The Bakken Library and Museum. Dubuque, IA 100pp 1995
1995.
HOMEMADE LIGHTNING by R.A. Ford
Contains plans for a high-power Wimshurst style generator.
ALL ABOUT LIGHTNING, by Dr. Martin Uman
Excellent Question/Answer book by a professional lightning researcher.
Dispels myths, answers all the common questions.
THE RAMSDEN MACHINE: MAKE AN ELECTROSTATIC GENERATOR
The Bakken, 1993 pp16 $0.95
Contact and Frictional Electrification
W. R. Harper, Oxford University press (1967)
STATIC ELECTRICITY, by J. H. Pepper
1889, J. B. Lippincott
Reprints available from Lindsay Publications
DESCHANEL'S STATIC ELECTRICTY, by A. Privat Deschanel
1884 D. Appleton Co.
Reprints available from Lindsay Publications
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