Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Professor Julius Sumner Miller tackles a 4 interesting experiments in electrostatics on the ABC's classic science program 'Why It Is So?' in 1966. Stream more documentaries now on ABC iview: ab.co/ABCScienceDocos

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:15 Experiment #1
4:05 Where Did The Smoke Go?
5:15 The Wimshurst Machine
6:42 Experiment #2
7:34 Ozone Explained
8:37 Experiment #3
11:05 Professor Miller Responds to Mail
12:20 The Leyden Jar
13:44 Experiment #4
15:46 Disassembling the Jar
17:15 The History of the Leyden Jar
18:53 The Professor's Sand Dollar
21:22 Outro

These three episodes of Why It Is So? were first broadcast in 1966 by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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