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> Also, if you have any suggestions on electrical
> demos you
> think would work well for a show we would love to hear
> them.
FYI--Here are links to two scripts of classic Van de Graaff public demonstrations, produced by Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science in June of 1954:
Script 1 -
Page 1:
http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/BuhlAidesbookc8p22.JPG
Page 2:
http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/BuhlAidesbookc8p23.JPG
Script 2 -
Page 1:
http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/BuhlAidesbookc8p44.JPG
Page 2:
http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/BuhlAidesbookc8p45.JPG
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Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director,
Friends of the Zeiss < http://friendsofthezeiss.org >
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SPACE & SCIENCE NEWS, ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR:
< http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news >
Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh:
< http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
< http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer, Educator, Optician John A. Brashear:
< http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries:
< http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com >
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh:
< http://incline.pghfree.net >
* Public Transit:
< http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit >
--- On Tue, 8/3/10, Paul Spana <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Paul Spana <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Van de Graaff Generators
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 5:59 PM
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> Dear friends,
>
> Our museum's Education Department is planning a
> demonstration on
> electricity based on the success of their "combustion"
> shows. Will
> someone please recommend a fabricator that creates large
> Van de Graaff
> generators? Also, if you have any suggestions on electrical
> demos you
> think would work well for a show we would love to hear
> them.
>
> Thank you, Paul
>
>
>
> Paul Spana
>
> Exhibits Manager
> Space Center Houston
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