Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Professor Julius Sumner Miller is delighted as he breaks lamps and levitates balls in the ABC's beloved classic, Why Is It So? Stream more documentaries now on ABC iview: ab.co/ABCScienceDocos

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:09 Experiment That Changed The World
06:07 Faraday's Experiment
08:07 Breaking Lamps Using Magnets
10:30 Professor Miller's Power Play
11:05 LAMP BREAKS!
12:57 Chimney Demonstration
16:58 Levitating Ball
21:30 'Enchanting' Acoustic Experiments
27:55 Seeing The Joy In A Spinning Plate
29:19 End Credits

This episode of Why Is It So? were first broadcast in 1962 by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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