Professor shocks himself on Why Is It So?
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Professor Julius Sumner Miller returns with more risky experiments. The good professor disassembles and reassembles his capacitor before electrocuting himself! Does his mother know he’s here?
'Why Is It So?' was a classic Australian television series that ran on the ABC from 1963 to 1986. It features the enigmatic Professor Julius Sumner Miller. Read more here: www.abc.net.au/...
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Professor Julius Sumner Miller. Great passion for physics and teaching
I think this must be ElectroBOOM's dad.
so the percentage of hair on the head decreases from generation to generation lol
'Does your mother know you're here?'
smart and a great sense of humour to go with it,
My mind was blown when he took it apart and it still worked.
Same here. Anyone got an explanation?
@@FraserChapman This doesn't explain it! If the glass is partially conductive, it would partially transmit the excess electrons to the place with a deficit of electrons, and you'd end up with just a neutral material. To make a capacitor, you need both conductive and isolating materials.
@@tiagomacedo7068 wait so how does it work? I've only just started learning about magnetic and electric fields, so I want to say that the capacitor would have stored the energy and kept that energy regardless of if it was disassembled. However, if the energy does dissipate when disassembled, then im stumped
@@Cheldeo Its not actually conductive, glass is actually an insulator and no current moves through it (insulators are actually are probably easier to understand as extremely high valued resistors), it's the fact that it's a dielectric material, which all insulators are. When you charge the plates the molecules in the glass become polarized, as in electrons are pulled towards the plate that is positively charged, and the protons towards the negatively charged plate. The electrons still remain with their respective molecules, but because the relative positions of the molecules and electrons is polarized, there is no equilibrium in the system, and since the glass is not a conductor, that polarization remains even when the metallic cups are removed and discharged.
Knowing this, my assumption is that the polarized glass (and ions), still retaining most of the energy that the whole system originally had, creates an imbalance in the metallic cups, again drawing electrons towards the positive side of the glass and vice versa, meaning that the glass essentially recharges the plates, which then are discharged by the rod and through the air, which also happens to be a dielectric. The polarized molecules could really be considered to behave like electric dipoles not unlike water molecules. The only time in which an insulator becomes a conductor is when the electric field applied to it is high enough to rip electrons from their molecules, which is defined as the dielectric breakdown voltage, which is the voltage you see printed on some wires and cables, like some hookup wire I bought recently that states a dielectric breakdown of 300V. The dielectric breakdown for glass is... high. I don't remember how high. I do know that air has a breakdown voltage of about 3kV/mm, which also gives you an idea to the sheer magnitude of the voltage in a lightning strike or any discharge in air.
It's also the same reason why you can touch low voltage electronics with dry hands without any harm, it's once you reach the breakdown voltage of your skin (which is also very thin) that things really start to get wild, although you don't necessarily have to reach that voltage level to die, current is what kills, voltage is just the energy potential across two points, current is the actual travel of electrons.
Dielectric breakdown is also a reason why you shouldn't use sticks to poke high voltage electrical lines.
@@redryder6987 thank you for that explanation, this experiment has bugged me ever since I watched it
I remember watching him on tv. I was very young, but I remember being mesmerized by him.
Is he the man that raped you?
I too watched him when young during the 70's and I always thought his accent was German. Didn't know that he was just hardcore Bostonian. Lol
The audio has been cleaned up very nicely! Props to the engineer!
I love his accent and his passion, great teacher
Tell me the answer , I never sleep now
It's very simple. When he put out conductive materials, some charge actually stays inside because first he took out one and then another. When he put them back they charge up again. You can actually feal electric charge if you put hand inside insulating material that seperates capacitor. LOL, that's pretty much it.
It’s treasure we have him saved on video.
Treasure?
@@anonymous-is4hy One man’s trash…
We used to watch him on the Aus ABC back in the 60s. I always thought him quite mad and unpredictable. I love my science, but he could have scared me away for life as an actual teacher.
But that is what he was trying to do. Make science exciting which it is. I got to see him live in Perth, Australia. Brilliant scientist. I wish we had more of him. We very luckily got to have him here (From USA), in Australia on Australian ABC TV for a while.
I NEED to know how he can charge, disassamble it and assemble it, and it's still charged!
Glass was electrostatily charged. The plates are just collecting and introduce static more easy on large surface of the glass
You could do the same with aluminium foil over a glass planel. The trick is to handle the glass with great care no to discharge during disasembly/reasambly
that guy is incorrect. It works as a capacitor inside Herod the slide snug fit into that glass jar. It hasn't been grounded yet, but if you were to touch them altogether disassembled with his prod with the two metal balls one touching the desk and the other three, Discharge.
I like these videos but he ends it with a question that I want to know the answer to.
What is the benefit? I have no more knowledge of the video?!!
@@fahadfardan yeah you're supposed to figure it out That's the point. Not everything should be handed to you and to truly grow and learn You should have to search for yourself.
@@mrmotl1 WHY E=MC2 IS NECESSARILY F=MA (ON BALANCE), AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is gravity AS SPACE ON BALANCE:
TIME DILATION ULTIMATELY proves ON BALANCE that E=MC2 IS F=ma, as ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is gravity. The stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky. TIME is NECESSARILY possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE, AS E=mc2 IS F=ma; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is gravity. Hence, the Earth AND the Sun are CLEARLY E=MC2 AND F=ma IN BALANCE. (The sky is blue, AND the Earth is ALSO BLUE.) A PHOTON may be placed at the center of WHAT IS THE SUN (as A POINT, of course), AS the reduction of SPACE is offset by (or BALANCED with) the speed of light (c); AS E=MC2 IS F=MA !!!; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy. BALANCE and completeness go hand in hand. It ALL CLEARLY makes perfect sense. GRAVITATIONAL force/ENERGY IS proportional to (or BALANCED with/as) inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS E=MC2 IS F=ma; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ("Mass"/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is gravity !!!) Gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS E=mC2 IS F=ma IN BALANCE !!!; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is gravity. (Energy has/involves GRAVITY, AND ENERGY has/involves inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE.) E=mC2 IS F=ma. This NECESSARILY represents, INVOLVES, AND DESCRIBES what is possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is gravity. Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy. Great !!! Again, BALANCE AND completeness go hand in hand. It ALL CLEARLY makes perfect sense.
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@@mrmotl1 youre an idiot. thats literally what acedemia is for. they learn the stuff, then tell us whats correct so we can learn it. its literally been done this way for thousands of years.
@@user-li2fy4hu7p But they don't learn it and they don't teach you anything. I promise, but don't take my word for it. Figure it out for yourself.
he got a bit of a shock, but certainly wasn't electrocuted. Look up the definition of "electrocution".
I was just going to type the same thing. You would think a channel called "ABC Science" would at least get the terminology correct in their title.
From a time when the Australian broadcasting commission was not full of biased and ideologically unsound waffle.
I agree , this Professor would be far to right for the left woke media of today's ABC 7 9 10
So true !!
Hmmm...Do You Think The Professor Julius Sumner Miller Was "Legit"? 🤔
They Guy Was A Paid Disinformationist My Friend, Pushing The "Science" They Wanted Pushing, And Consplaining Without Explaining The Truth & Reality 🙃
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This man used to scare me. The crazy scientists.
the energy is stored in the dielectric material
Thanks for that. I needed an answer to that question.
For everyone else reading this btw, the dielectric material is the insulator, IE the glass.
Not in, but on. In the moisture that coats the glass. "Soda glass is hygroscopic and forms a partially conductive coating on its surface that holds a charge. Addenbrooke 1922 established that in a dissectible jar of paraffin, or glass baked to remove moisture, the charge remained on the metal plates. Green 1944 confirmed these results and observed the corona charge transfer. "
@@dLimboStick I don't think that's the right answer. The man holds the outside of the glass and puts some fingers on the inside. If the outside and inside layers of moist on the glass were holding positive and negative charges, wouldn't he have discharged them by connecting them?
@@tiagomacedo7068 Some of the surface charge is discharged by his hand, yes, but only around the places he touched. The rest of the glass's surface still retains the charge. If he wiped his hands across the entire surface, then I presume there would be little to no spark once the jar is reassembled
Mr. Anderson :)
"My name... is Neo!"
1:38...HILARIOUS...Sumner Miller electrocutes himself on national TV!
I grew up watching Professor Julius Sumner Miller , loved his demonstrations .
WTF? Now I'm pissed! You didn't show the end?.. how is it possible?
While the static charges in the metal parts are very mobile, some of the static charges are on the inner and outer surfaces of the glass vessel, where they are immobile. Re-assembling the parts put the metal in contact with the glass surfaces, so the static charges can move between the inner and outer surfaces, via the metal bits.
Absolutely fantastic to people so passionate about their field
He reminds me of a combination of Doc Brown and Fire Marshall Bill. Seriously though those Van De Graaff generators he mentioned are at the Museum of Science in Boston, and that was always my favorite exhibit as a kid. It used to scare the crap out of me when they powered them up and started creating lightning in the room
Would you cup your little balls And the turtle tuck home in the shell?
I loved this man as I grew up. I think he was the one to turn me to a lifetime of tech.
Imagine him living today and seeing the changes we see now.
btw .. physics girl is a lot hotter.
professor miller: screams in pain*. Anyways,
1964, This guy literally grew up with physics.
Why would you say something so stupid as that? Life is not all about working and paying your taxes to a government that doesn't care for you.
My parents grew up with him. Lucky in that respect.
Must be very close to your parents lol. Those commercials are right!
Don't worry Stanley we'll work on that
Professor Julius Sumner Miller !!!
Junior college teacher/ no doctorate. Chased after anything named after Einstein. Good cheap imitation of Dr. Einstein. Mr. Miller was no Dr. Einstein.
So beatiful
That electric shock played havoc with his perfectly groomed hair, did you notice?
Did you see?
The kids are thinking "what the hells hes talking about"???
Recently I electrocuted myself. On an electric fence.
Holy grail
Who else got forced to watch this 😢😢
Shocking Julius, just shocking
Does anyone remember "Science is Discovery" that followed the show?
What is the energy called
back when the ABC was worth funding
Whats the answer????
i think it's Static electricity. if capacitor is charged it becomes from balanced state to out of balance. By the nature things like to be in balance. And if not, they always looking for something opposite out of balance to create balance. Therefore answer maybe that opposite charges stayed at opposite side glass cylinder wall and because each charge from both sides did not find no opposite charge in the reach of they're influence field, they just stayed there until Julius restored the balance.
The father of the father of Prof Farnsworth, I believe
Only reason I gave this a 7-Up is because this man reminds me of my father, a bona fide mad scientist. A brilliant man but genuinely weird. So surprised that Mystery Science Theater has not latched on.
It is a shame that the video does not go on to explain WHY the charge is still there after the capacitor has been disassembled.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyden_jar#Storage_of_the_charge
The article on wikipedia is very interesting. For those who have no time to read all of it here is the spoiler : Although the experiment leads you to conclude that the charge resides in the dielectric, the charge resides on the metal surfaces. However, at the moment of dissecting the jar it transfers to the glass. This does not happen when the glass is oven dried before the experiment, or other non - hygroscopic dielectrics are used instead of ordinary sodium glass.
It was to make you think. Not everything is served to you on a platter.
@@bradleywhite9118 , did you "thumbs up your own comment?
@@markschiavone8003 No but I did.
I don't need SLEEP! I NEED ANSWER!!!
Balloons save energy too? Rub them and they're attracted to a surface. Put them down and pick them up and they're still attracted to a surface. Is that simular? What does this experiment mean I wonder.
Static 👈🏼👉🏼 Star'Tic Star'Tok
The Light/Energy Of The Star'Clock
Aethereal Energy Net
Two'Whirld's
In One
Cones Of Torus Fields, ION Up High
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The Eye knows!
The Nutty Professor Jerry Lewis
These are the old school bbc programs to work on after the prog if the teacher could be bothered lol
CAN ANYONE TELL ME THE ANSWER?
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What went wrong with science education today?
I wonder if he has bad breath.
He certainly would now.
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Event Horizon:: DO. YOU. SEE?????????????
Any more bright ideas Professor?😂😂
i feel like coke was involved in this discovery
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When I was a child I always felt that he had bad breath
As a child your backside was much closer to your nose.
Bahahaha. Me too!!!!!!
@@jamesrowden303 - That's it ... You WIN the Internet!! lmao!!
@@jamesrowden303 You electrocuted that guy.
Didn't understand what is him talking about
He taught at El Camino Junior College. There were no qualifications to attend this community college. I attended El Camino when he taught there.( 1972-1974) .He did not have have a doctor's degree (PhD), so he presented himself as "Professor". He was cruel to students and bragged that he had only give 1 "A" in the prior 7 years. He claimed that he studied under Einstein but Einstein taught at University of Princeton and this clown attended University of Boston. I grant that he was a good showman but he was a poor teacher, egomaniac, cruel and was constantly compensating for an inferiority complex.He did not graduate MIT> just Boston College with Master's Degree.
He seems like a great guy but thanks for bursting my bubble. It's always better to know the truth even if it is a bit harsh.
"[Julius Miller] held fellowship positions at various universities, including one as a Carnegie Grant Fellow with Albert Einstein at the Institute for Advanced Studies (Princeton)."
@@Mueller3D Did you attend El Camino Junior College? NO!, I did. I was acquainted with this imitation Einstein. He put on one face for TV and was entirely different in the classroom.. Ask anyone who attended physics classes under him. I knew enough to avoid him like the plaque.
He was charged with child abuse accusations but managed to get away somehow
It must be true, I read it on the internet.
INDEED!!
Did Prof. Miller ever have any female assistants?
There's no shock in the video. Where is the answer to the mystery?