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Anno LV – n.1 – gennaio/marzo 2022 Esperimenti spettacolari con scintille e scariche elettriche
Amazing experiments, performed with the first electrostatic machines, showed sparks and electric discharges emanating from charged bodies. The use of more efficient equipment also allowed researchers to investigate the properties of electric discharges, even thanks to specially designed devices, such as the paper and the glass perforators. […]
Anno LVI - n.1 - gennaio/marzo 2023 Il fonautografo di Koenig a Roma
This article mainly illustrates the rediscovery of a rare phonautograph builted by Rudolph Koenig, one of the best makers of scientific instruments of the nineteenth century, at the Liceo Classico “Pilo Albertelli” in Rome. There are also references to the person of Koenig, […]
Anno LIV – n.2 – aprile/giugno 2021 Quando scocca la scintilla
Among the first electrostatic machines, the one developed by Edward Nairne, a skilled English instrument maker of the second half of the eighteenth century, should be mentioned. This electrostatic generator is little known, however it was used in medical field for over a century. […]
Anno LIV – n.3 – luglio/settembre 2021 Una ricombinazione problematica
In 1666 Newton used a glass prism to decompose white light and make the so-called “rainbow” colors appear. The next step was to get the white light back from that “rainbow”. To do this, different techniques can be adopted, we will examine one in particular, […]