Hertz (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 12:38:01 -0500
From: Ralph Zekelman <hyperion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Hertz

Finn,

The Hertz experiment is described in Shamos,
Great Experments in Physics, Holt, 1959.

Regards,
Ralph Zekelman


> I would like to try repeating Heinrich Hertz experiment from 1888,
where
> he demonstrated the existance of the electromagnetic waves,
previously
> described by James C. Maxwell.
>
> I haven`t managed to find a lot about the actual experiment, below
is
> the best that`s come up so far.
> Anyone know where I can get the full story?
>
>
>
http://people.deas.harvard.edu/~jones/cscie129/lectures/lecture6/hertz/Hertz_exp.html
>
> http://earlyradiohistory.us/1901hz.htm
>
> Cheers, Finn Hammer
>