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The simplest electroscope was in a school physics textbook: it is a jar with a metal electrode passing through the lid. Two strips of foil are attached to the end of the electrode, which is inside the jar. When the electrode is connected to a charged body, the foils begin to repel each other and rise.
The simplest electroscope was in a school physics textbook: it is a jar with a metal electrode passing through the lid. Two strips of foil are attached to the end of the electrode, which is inside the jar. When the electrode is connected to a charged body, the foils begin to repel each other and rise.