DocumentCode
1378789
Title
Mr. Nicholson´s doubler: an 18th-Century programmable charge amplifier
Author
Donaldson, P.E.K.
Volume
7
Issue
2
fYear
1998
fDate
4/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
67
Lastpage
70
Abstract
Abraham Bennet, the inventor of the leaf electroscope, devised a three-plate procedure for doubling electric charge. Like so many other manual processes in the 18th century it was ripe for deskilling by mechanisation, and it was William Nicholson who mechanised it. Here, the author describes a replica of Nicholson´s doubler which he has constructed and the difficulties he encountered in making it perform in the manner described by Nicholon
Keywords
electric charge; electrostatic devices; electrostatics; history; Nicholson´s doubler; electric charge doubling; mechanisation; programmable charge amplifier; technological history; three-plate procedure;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Engineering Science and Education Journal
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0963-7346
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/esej:19980204
Filename
675509
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