This Van de Graaf generator was built using mostly parts on hand. The only thing that was purchased for the project was the Christmas ornament shaped M&M candy tin that serves as the collecting ...

Van de Graaff generators are science education staples to demonstrate static electricity. There are many commercial versions that are quite expensive, but electronics project weblog eLabz figured ...

The Van de Graaff generator, named for its inventor, Alabama native Robert J. Van de Graaff, is a staple at science museums and science fairs for its ability to demonstrate static electricity and ...

A Van de Graaff can make the flame of the candle flicker. It does this by generating an “electric wind.” A Van de Graaff is a metal ball set on top of a rotating loop of belt.

This Van de Graaf generator was built using mostly parts on hand. The only thing that was purchased for the project was the Christmas ornament shaped M&M candy tin that serves as the collecting ...

In 1946, Van de Graaff, Trump, and British engineering professor Denis M. Robinson established the High Voltage Engineering Corporation, where he served as the company’s chief physicist and ...

Van de Graaff joined MIT in 1931 and, with the support of university president Karl T. Compton, built a 13-meter-high, seven-million-volt version of the generator.

Igot them to all hold hands in a line while the child on one end touchedan earth ground and the child at the other end held a metal bar closeenough to the van de Graaff generator to draw a nice long ...

In 2004, there was a dinner at the Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion in honor of the 75th anniversary of Robert’s atomic generator. The keynote speaker was 87-year-old L. Worth Seagondollar, who ...

Nor is there a Van de Graaff science museum, where a hands-on generator would be a magnet for youngsters. Even his alma mater, the University of Alabama, has given Robert short shrift.