This experiment explores how early electrical technology can be rebuilt from scratch by creating a rechargeable lead-acid battery and pairing it with a primitive generator. The goal is to capture ...

Bits of material levitating against gravity, a stream of water deflected by invisible means, sparks of light appearing out of thin air; with observations like those, it’s a wonder that the early ...

We explore the next step in historical electricity, the first practical electric motor! Do you think this could have kick started the industrial revolution before the steam engine?