If this lady isn't a college professor then she should be. I had a biology instructor in college who was so enthusiastic about his subject he made me interested. Same deal here. Well done, Kathy!
I agree, Kathy knows how to make the history of electricity very interesting and informative while making it entertaining. I've been watching Kathy's earlier videos and am slowly making my way through them all from the earliest to the most recent, and about two videos ago, I was beginning to wonder about Kathy's background. If she hasn't made a video introducing herself and her background, then perhaps she needs to do that, just so people can know a bit more about what drew her towards physics & history and how she decided to tie them together in these very informative videos.
i had an ancient history teacher just like her too. he could keep the whole class of 19-20year olds enthralled with the way he delivered his lecturers. Kathy you for sure have me hooked.
Not only are your videos interesting by combining the history and evolution of the science, you have a "fun side" to you that is not too much, nor too little. Thank you.
I am in love with Kathy's videos. I just started watching them. I feel like I discovered a treasure. Amazing stories, connections and interpretation. Thank you. raphael nyc
As an electrician currently learning things like Ohm's Law and such in apprentice classes, I found this very enlightening. Never heard of Gray in my classes. As a man with a juvenile mind, all I could think was "So, he stroked something to learn something, and then started choking chickens". Sorry, natural progression of a delinquent.
OMG Kathy another super video, many thanks! You really have done your research, I had never heard of Steven Gray until you enlightened me! Also, Newton - smart guy but what a ****. We can only wonder at how much science he stifled through his jealous mean spirit.
@@Kathy_Loves_Physics Don't think too badly of Sir Isaac; he had a troubled childhood with his father dying before he was born and his mother abandoning him at age 3 to marry a guy who didn't want him. The experience really twisted him. He coped by throwing himself into his studies. He never had the opportunity to learn good social skills. He was the kind of guy who loved humanity; it individuals that he couldn't stand.
0:28 - Wikipedia has his named spelled "Stephen Gray". For a person who has done so much for humanity, it would be good if we could get onto the same page about how he spelled his first name. Thank you SO MUCH for this video. How is it that I have lived so many decades of my life without having learned about the Father of Electricity. He and his story should be known by everyone. Everyone who uses anything electrical. Which is just about everyone. Brilliant series! This is blowing my mind with each episode.
Also also... With Gray being born in 1666, and Wheler not being born until the next century, in 1701, it would be good to note the significant age difference between these two guys.
I feel the same way that Gray is grossly ignored. It was such a turning point and his letters are so clear and amazing! I need to learn how to edit a Wikipedia page! Ps. Thanks for pointing out that Wheeler was so much younger I did not notice that.
So you're saying Wikipedia is in error? It's a piece of cake to edit the body of an article. Just click 'edit' and it takes you here where you simply type in what it should say, and then you can include in the edit summary the reason behind the change you're making. Even better if you take the extra step of signing up for a profile. That way all of the edits you do can build a reputation for your efforts, like you've built here on u2b. en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Gray_(scientist)&action=edit Now if Wikipedia is also the one mistaken with the spelling of his name, then that kind of change is a little bit more complicated. If that's what you see needing to be changed then I could help with that too, if you want. But it's been years since I've done that kind of change and I'd need to poke around a bit to refresh my memory. But if all that's needed is to change his year of death, or something simple, that should be a breeze to edit. And with your depth of knowledge, you becoming a Wikipedia editor would be a HUGE benefit to the entire planet. I don't know why your vids are not getting millions of views yet, but Wikipedia pages get looked at all the time.
Stephen Gray became 67. That is actually quite old for someone of a lower class in the 17th/18th century, when life expectency was still around 30. I guess that the sanitary conditions in the charterhouse where very good for that time.
Hi Kathy. It is an interesting thought that insulators like silk etc can hold a static charge but a metal wire can not. Also Interesting that an insulator can not only hold a static charge but can also conduct that charge along its length. Hmm ! So an insulator can be a conductor of a static charge. Where do I stop with this? Am I going to suggest that static electricity is a different form of electricity to electricity that flows in a wire ? well that's a logical conclusion but I know it cant be correct. Please tell. Bran Plummer in New Zealand
Same here. I scrolled all the comments looking for someone who asks why the metal wire wouldn't work. And if the metal didn't work, did Mr Gray and Wheeler call metal an insulator!
I'm not sure what Gray concluded or much of his experiments but it's metal that is a conductor and silk and glass that are insulators. Normal electricity or current is just flowing static electricity. How all this relates to grays experiments however I can't say but touching metal should dissipate static charge.
Was he an associate of Nikola Tesla where I should say was Nikola Tesla associate of him? I never heard this story very interesting also very interesting to hear about the competition in the gatekeeping going on in the scientific community I guess the people with the money have always controlled the flow of information who gets credited who controls the narrative thanks for bringing this all to the front for all of us to see thank you
Why was the cork experiment the first time conductivity and flow between different objects was shown, when earlier the self-proclaimed electric "wizard" used what in the diagram looked like a rotating ball attached to a long pole. Is that not the same concept?
I did! It is coming out on October 12 and titled “the lightning Tamers”. Should be available for pre-order by tomorrow or the next day and I should have something set up on my website (http:\\www.kathylovesphysics.com) this week so that once you pre-order it you can get an electric version for free right away.
I have a workshop for repairing electric bicycles and scooters in the garage. In our home we have a bird cage with two budgies. During the dry winter months, the small budgie feathers stick to my clothing, and then to the plastic of the electric scooters. But, my wife is at least happy that I am out of the house, and out of her hair. If I stay in my garage, then she will stay in her kitchen. And we have been happy together for 43 years. As long as I don't trample birdie feathers into the house. :-)
Nice video. I believe u were using a pvc pipe and rubbing it with ur bare hand (dry weather, I guess) to charge it? Also, what kind of thread did u use and what kind of thread can work for this demo...cotton sewing thread...jute thread??
I was rubbing a PVC pipe with my bare hand which did charge it due to friction (although I could have used wool or silk cloth). I then attracted a small colored feather. The feather does not have to be a color and string or thread or cotton balls would work too. the only requirement is that the thing you are picking up is small as the force is very weak.
@@Kathy_Loves_Physics Thanks. By thread I was referring to the demo with the cork fitted at the end of the pipe to show the flow of charges. What kind of thread can be used for that?
I can ask any question? Any question? Ok, who killed JR? But seriously, this is all brand new information to me. I love physics and history too, but I had no idea about any of this. Thank you!
I would love to have access to your sources, you pull up some doozy information. This point about Newton and his ilk not having anything to do with "silly parlor tricks" as they were more interested in this alleged force called gravity for which Newton had no mechanism pricked up my ears. Did Newton discover a force called gravity or did he discover an effect called gravity? How is gravity a real force when it cannot be metered like electricity and magnetism? If you want to know what gravity is, understand the cause of the gravitational constant, the first god of modern science. It is a curious thing that throughout the history of science, what would often start off as a silly trick with no meaning at all according to the intelligentsia of the day often ends up having profound consequences for the journey of science at a later date.
What you say here implies that von Guernicke never figured anything had flowed between his stinky ball and the light objects that started being repelled by instead of attracted to it.
I thought this was going to be about Forrest Gump, who changed more history with a feather in his life and made more money than all of the folks mentioned in this video combined. And that's all I have to say about that.
Please forgive me if I am being slow and obtuse but I am unclear how charges were being created to be studied. The impression I get is that someone is rubbing some amber furiously with some woolen material while somehow transferring the static charge elsewhere…but that is probably from your first video and I have missed the jump to suspended youngsters being statically charged for public entertainment… …Which isn’t to say that I am not learning a lot and find you and your work entertaining… so thanks!
For all of these early experiments before the battery they would rub two objects together and one would end up with a positive charge and one with a negative charge (although often they would only noticed the charge on one object as the other one was in their hand and therefore, the excess charge would just flow through them.). Does that make sense?
@@Kathy_Loves_Physics Please forgive my slowness as I have a learning disorder but in truth I am having a hard time visualizing what you were saying… So it really does not make that much sense although I think I understand it… Thank you for taking the time to consider my question. I really appreciate it very much and I appreciate you in the work that you do. You are obviously very talented very intelligent.
I was distracted by your saying "PRINS ih-pa", maybe he is pedantic by when Neil DeGrasse Tyson refers to his favorite book (which he did on a program about "Great Books") he always said "prin KIP i-a"..... anyway, the timeline sounds seriously wrong near the beginning. The stuff about Charles I and II is quite correct, but things seem to go off when you say "25 years after 1687"....you didn't mean 1712, did you? Anyway, overall, fascinating, and included stuff I did NOT know that is important. I just think the timeline got warped a bit in the first half...yikes, that was meant to apply to the prior video.
I mispronounce things ALL THE TIME (I think it is because I tend to read things much more than I have heard them). I would definitely trust Neil DeGrasse Tyson's pronunciation over mine. Also, you are right, I did very bad math, Newton became president in 1703 so 16 years after his book was published, not 25 (I don't know what I was thinking). Sorry about that
you would get more views and clicks and money if you applied makeup and looked presentable instead of this i just got up from bed plain jane look. you might even get marriage proposals...
If this lady isn't a college professor then she should be. I had a biology instructor in college who was so enthusiastic about his subject he made me interested. Same deal here. Well done, Kathy!
I agree, Kathy knows how to make the history of electricity very interesting and informative while making it entertaining.
I've been watching Kathy's earlier videos and am slowly making my way through them all from the earliest to the most recent, and about two videos ago, I was beginning to wonder about Kathy's background. If she hasn't made a video introducing herself and her background, then perhaps she needs to do that, just so people can know a bit more about what drew her towards physics & history and how she decided to tie them together in these very informative videos.
@@nobodyhere3164 I think this information is on her webpage.
i had an ancient history teacher just like her too. he could keep the whole class of 19-20year olds enthralled with the way he delivered his lecturers. Kathy you for sure have me hooked.
None of this was ever taught to me in school and I find this information is fascinating. Thank you!
Not only are your videos interesting by combining the history and evolution of the science, you have a "fun side" to you that is not too much, nor too little. Thank you.
Kathy's book "The Lightning Tamers" is WONDERFUL!!!
The most informative, easy to understand series on science history I have ever seen.
Thank you so much.
I really liked this one. The flying boy experiment is hysterical.
I know isn't that just great! I love the picture of the kid hanging in space :)
What an amazing series Kathy, thanks so much! I'm hooked, and the good news is there are so many to enjoy and learn from. Wonderful!
Just discovered your channel. This is a great series-love it!
Thanks for putting science into context.
this was so interesting, I ve never heard of Gray before
Martin Malloy he is criminally ignored.
Me neither. Very informative
this series is amazing!!
Thanks
This is a great service you provide. Entertaining too!
Well thank you so much. Nice to know the history beyond the popular depictions of Franklin as the inventor of electricity.
I am in love with Kathy's videos. I just started watching them. I feel like I discovered a treasure. Amazing stories, connections and interpretation. Thank you. raphael nyc
well done Kathy. adding texture and context to science history- fascinating!
You are enlightening, also the scientists, makes one really feel thankful.
Love all your lecture posts😁TY!
Well done, thanks for sharing you make it interesting.
Loved it! I liked to learn that Newton had his faults too...
I will share this with my science students: do not revere persons, only science!
Wonderful stuff!! I think there is a binge watch coming on!!
this channel is mesmerizingly incredible 😮❤❤❤
Wonderful!
As an electrician currently learning things like Ohm's Law and such in apprentice classes, I found this very enlightening. Never heard of Gray in my classes.
As a man with a juvenile mind, all I could think was "So, he stroked something to learn something, and then started choking chickens". Sorry, natural progression of a delinquent.
Ha!
Very well done! I like the play on words, and am still chuckling.
OMG Kathy another super video, many thanks! You really have done your research, I had never heard of Steven Gray until you enlightened me! Also, Newton - smart guy but what a ****. We can only wonder at how much science he stifled through his jealous mean spirit.
Robert McGeorge isn’t Gray interesting? Yeah, Newton is not on my list to meet if I could go back in time. Faraday however...
Yes, Faraday what a human being he was. I read one of his biographies and he really comes across as an incredibly intelligent and kind person.
@@Kathy_Loves_Physics Don't think too badly of Sir Isaac; he had a troubled childhood with his father dying before he was born and his mother abandoning him at age 3 to marry a guy who didn't want him. The experience really twisted him. He coped by throwing himself into his studies. He never had the opportunity to learn good social skills. He was the kind of guy who loved humanity; it individuals that he couldn't stand.
0:28 - Wikipedia has his named spelled "Stephen Gray".
For a person who has done so much for humanity, it would be good if we could get onto the same page about how he spelled his first name.
Thank you SO MUCH for this video. How is it that I have lived so many decades of my life without having learned about the Father of Electricity. He and his story should be known by everyone. Everyone who uses anything electrical. Which is just about everyone.
Brilliant series! This is blowing my mind with each episode.
Also, Wikipedia states that he died on 7 February 1736. So even the year he breathed his last appears to have been mistaken by someone here.
Also also...
With Gray being born in 1666, and Wheler not being born until the next century, in 1701, it would be good to note the significant age difference between these two guys.
I feel the same way that Gray is grossly ignored. It was such a turning point and his letters are so clear and amazing! I need to learn how to edit a Wikipedia page!
Ps. Thanks for pointing out that Wheeler was so much younger I did not notice that.
So you're saying Wikipedia is in error? It's a piece of cake to edit the body of an article. Just click 'edit' and it takes you here where you simply type in what it should say, and then you can include in the edit summary the reason behind the change you're making. Even better if you take the extra step of signing up for a profile. That way all of the edits you do can build a reputation for your efforts, like you've built here on u2b.
en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Gray_(scientist)&action=edit
Now if Wikipedia is also the one mistaken with the spelling of his name, then that kind of change is a little bit more complicated. If that's what you see needing to be changed then I could help with that too, if you want. But it's been years since I've done that kind of change and I'd need to poke around a bit to refresh my memory.
But if all that's needed is to change his year of death, or something simple, that should be a breeze to edit. And with your depth of knowledge, you becoming a Wikipedia editor would be a HUGE benefit to the entire planet. I don't know why your vids are not getting millions of views yet, but Wikipedia pages get looked at all the time.
Journal - Isis, Vol. 45, No. 1 published May, 1954 - Stephen Gray.
Love all your videos
your channel is amazing
Marcelo Cossenza thank you!
Yes this is a very good series .
Your videos are very interesting and informative.
Stephen Gray became 67. That is actually quite old for someone of a lower class in the 17th/18th century, when life expectency was still around 30. I guess that the sanitary conditions in the charterhouse where very good for that time.
Fantastic #4...!!
Awesome 😎
Amazing history!
Wow!!! awesome videos!!!
Hi Kathy. It is an interesting thought that insulators like silk etc can hold a static charge but a metal wire can not. Also Interesting that an insulator can not only hold a static charge but can also conduct that charge along its length. Hmm ! So an insulator can be a conductor of a static charge. Where do I stop with this? Am I going to suggest that static electricity is a different form of electricity to electricity that flows in a wire ? well that's a logical conclusion but I know it cant be correct. Please tell. Bran Plummer in New Zealand
I am so interested in your question as well. Please let me know the answer if you find one.
Same here. I scrolled all the comments looking for someone who asks why the metal wire wouldn't work. And if the metal didn't work, did Mr Gray and Wheeler call metal an insulator!
I'm not sure what Gray concluded or much of his experiments but it's metal that is a conductor and silk and glass that are insulators. Normal electricity or current is just flowing static electricity.
How all this relates to grays experiments however I can't say but touching metal should dissipate static charge.
Was he an associate of Nikola Tesla where I should say was Nikola Tesla associate of him?
I never heard this story very interesting also very interesting to hear about the competition in the gatekeeping going on in the scientific community I guess the people with the money have always controlled the flow of information who gets credited who controls the narrative thanks for bringing this all to the front for all of us to see thank you
You are wonderful, Thank you Thank you
Awesome
I feel like she should be writing a compiled book of the history of physics.
I am!
I just started watching in order of publication, I am sure I will be able to make a high frequency start for my welder by the end
Amazing series Kathy. Cant find a video of yours on John Henry Poynting.
I haven’t made one on him yet. Not really in my plans yet - have too much planned already
3:09 Yeah!
Love your videos. What lead Gray to give "inductance" it's name please? TIA
I am hooooked!
The smallness geniuses are capable of reminds us how much more complex humanity is than intellect.
Nicely put.
Why was the cork experiment the first time conductivity and flow between different objects was shown, when earlier the self-proclaimed electric "wizard" used what in the diagram looked like a rotating ball attached to a long pole. Is that not the same concept?
Great
You should to write a book on this topic
I did! It is coming out on October 12 and titled “the lightning Tamers”. Should be available for pre-order by tomorrow or the next day and I should have something set up on my website (http:\\www.kathylovesphysics.com) this week so that once you pre-order it you can get an electric version for free right away.
Seems like they must have been close to a prototype telegraph although it would still take a century before a practical telegraph was invented.
I have a workshop for repairing electric bicycles and scooters in the garage.
In our home we have a bird cage with two budgies. During the dry winter months, the small budgie feathers stick to my clothing, and then to the plastic of the electric scooters.
But, my wife is at least happy that I am out of the house, and out of her hair.
If I stay in my garage, then she will stay in her kitchen.
And we have been happy together for 43 years.
As long as I don't trample birdie feathers into the house.
:-)
I like how as a side note, you are casually pointing out what a turd Isaac Newton was to those around him.
He was such a turd, perfect term.
I was expecting a video about the opening credits from Forrest Gump... ;-)
Nice video.
I believe u were using a pvc pipe and rubbing it with ur bare hand (dry weather, I guess) to charge it? Also, what kind of thread did u use and what kind of thread can work for this demo...cotton sewing thread...jute thread??
I was rubbing a PVC pipe with my bare hand which did charge it due to friction (although I could have used wool or silk cloth). I then attracted a small colored feather. The feather does not have to be a color and string or thread or cotton balls would work too. the only requirement is that the thing you are picking up is small as the force is very weak.
@@Kathy_Loves_Physics Thanks.
By thread I was referring to the demo with the cork fitted at the end of the pipe to show the flow of charges. What kind of thread can be used for that?
did you do the painting behind you?
Thank you.
I think that you pronounce French names just fine.
👌
I remember a "funny" question from ET school, 1958: What happens when the pith balls meet?
LOLOLOL
2:28 “tube” of what material 😮?
Probably glass. (I used pvc)
I can ask any question? Any question? Ok, who killed JR? But seriously, this is all brand new information to me. I love physics and history too, but I had no idea about any of this. Thank you!
Shoot, I'm old enough to know the answer and I have no idea.
Nobody. But Bing Crosby's daughter shot him.
I would love to have access to your sources, you pull up some doozy information. This point about Newton and his ilk not having anything to do with "silly parlor tricks" as they were more interested in this alleged force called gravity for which Newton had no mechanism pricked up my ears. Did Newton discover a force called gravity or did he discover an effect called gravity?
How is gravity a real force when it cannot be metered like electricity and magnetism? If you want to know what gravity is, understand the cause of the gravitational constant, the first god of modern science.
It is a curious thing that throughout the history of science, what would often start off as a silly trick with no meaning at all according to the intelligentsia of the day often ends up having profound consequences for the journey of science at a later date.
What you say here implies that von Guernicke never figured anything had flowed between his stinky ball and the light objects that started being repelled by instead of attracted to it.
I thought this was going to be about Forrest Gump, who changed more history with a feather in his life and made more money than all of the folks mentioned in this video combined. And that's all I have to say about that.
what is packthread?
Thick thread, with little bit of metal filings in it, which makes a conductor.
See ya
Please forgive me if I am being slow and obtuse but I am unclear how charges were being created to be studied. The impression I get is that someone is rubbing some amber furiously with some woolen material while somehow transferring the static charge elsewhere…but that is probably from your first video and I have missed the jump to suspended youngsters being statically charged for public entertainment…
…Which isn’t to say that I am not learning a lot and find you and your work entertaining… so thanks!
For all of these early experiments before the battery they would rub two objects together and one would end up with a positive charge and one with a negative charge (although often they would only noticed the charge on one object as the other one was in their hand and therefore, the excess charge would just flow through them.). Does that make sense?
@@Kathy_Loves_Physics Please forgive my slowness as I have a learning disorder but in truth I am having a hard time visualizing what you were saying… So it really does not make that much sense although I think I understand it… Thank you for taking the time to consider my question. I really appreciate it very much and I appreciate you in the work that you do. You are obviously very talented very intelligent.
thank you for classism comments
you can't change the course of history... it is already written... but you can change the course of the future...
I was distracted by your saying "PRINS ih-pa", maybe he is pedantic by when Neil DeGrasse Tyson refers to his favorite book (which he did on a program about "Great Books") he always said "prin KIP i-a".....
anyway, the timeline sounds seriously wrong near the beginning. The stuff about Charles I and II is quite correct, but things seem to go off when you say "25 years after 1687"....you didn't mean 1712, did you? Anyway, overall, fascinating, and included stuff I did NOT know that is important. I just think the timeline got warped a bit in the first half...yikes, that was meant to apply to the prior video.
I mispronounce things ALL THE TIME (I think it is because I tend to read things much more than I have heard them). I would definitely trust Neil DeGrasse Tyson's pronunciation over mine. Also, you are right, I did very bad math, Newton became president in 1703 so 16 years after his book was published, not 25 (I don't know what I was thinking). Sorry about that
Can you also do Isaac Newton?
How a single Bat...
I’m surprised that they got any results at all in damp England.
Me too! And in the summer 😮
Reminds me of Forrest Gump.
Desaguiliers is pronounce “DESS-a-GOOL-yay”
Thank you
Make Videos On Thomas Alva Edison Experiment
I made a bunch of videos on Edison you should go check them out
@@Kathy_Loves_Physics thanks
Just to be brave enough to be half right….
Kathy,
You must know about Newton's objection to John Harrison's H2 marine chronometer? While he was a genius, man Newton was an ass.
Nevil Maskelyne did more damage to Harrison's cause than Newton.
"dezahguilerss" more or less...
It makes me wonder how much faster science would have advanced if Newton & Boyle had not beed such disagreeable snobby bastards.
Did I?
Isaac Newton, the originator of cancel culture.
you would get more views and clicks and money if you applied makeup and looked presentable instead of this i just got up from bed plain jane look. you might even get marriage proposals...
What is wrong with you?
@@moonshoes11 i was being helpful as she looks like the local fishwife from he fishmongers
What she really needs is fact checking - the job title is Astronomer Royal.
@@esecallum
No, that isn’t helpful. It’s not your place, and this isn’t the format, and she didn’t ask.
@@moonshoes11 she needs to be told
I guess it's true. Great minds are not always great human beings. Newton was a not so nice guy. Good work keep it up I love you.