| dc.contributor.author | Talemwa, Brian | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-23T14:24:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-01-23T14:24:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-09 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Talemwa, B. (2022) Design and construction of a gold leaf electroscope ( MakUD) (unpublished undergraduate dissertation) Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/14702 | |
| dc.description | A project report submitted to the Department of Physics in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Science With Education of Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | A gold leaf electroscope is a common demonstration equipment found in many schools and introductory college physics laboratories. Demonstration of effects of electrostatic forces is done mainly by using a simple leaf electroscope. Several physics phenomena like charge detection and identification of a body as an insulator or a conductor are all carried out in schools using the leaf electroscope. The leaf electroscope was invented by Abraham Bennett and described in a letter published by the Royal Society in 1787. This project will design and construct a leaf electroscope using readily available materials to reduce the shortage of electroscopes in most countries due to the industrially made ones being very expensive to acquire. This project will avail a gold leaf electroscope that is as sensitive as the industrially made ones and can therefore be used by people to serve a number of purposes like what any other electroscope can do. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Gold leaf electroscope | en_US |
| dc.title | Design and construction of a gold leaf electroscope | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
