Other websites about Bennet.

Rev. Abraham BENNET of Wirksworth wrote "New Experiments on Electricity" in 1789, an influential book about the Theory of Electricity as then understood. Below are links to other websites about Bennet and his apparatus. In the nature of things, some of these links may become obsolete. The Author on requests the reader to tell him about any new or failed links.

Mentions of Abraham Bennet, with images of equipment Electroscopes: http://physics.kenyon.edu/EarlyApparatus/Static_Electricity/Electroscope/Electroscope.html Bennet's Doubler http://www.coe.ufrj.br/~acmq/bennet.html Electroscopes and Electrometers: http://www.sparkmuseum.com/ELECTROSCOPE.HTM Electroscopes: http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/instruments/archaic/electroscopes.html A Short History of Electrostatics: http://www.fi.edu/pieces/otoole/Statichistory.htm Ducretet Gold-Leaf Electroscope (ca. 1880s) http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/electroscopes/ducretet.htm William Nicholson b. 1753, London, England d. May 21, 1815, Bloomsbury, London, England http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/nicholson.html Introduction to Electroscopes: http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/electroscopes/electroscopeintroduction.htm Some Fenny Bentley biographies http://www.ashbournechurches.org/FBbiographies.htm

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