Teralab Electronics projects - Robert Hunt

Teralab Electronics projects

This site is an attempt to document some of the physics experiments and science projects which I have conducted in my laboratory at home. These experiments include high vacuum, electron optics and electrostatics. There is also a virtual museum of scientific instruments, antique lamps and antique valves.

My father was interested in T.E.Lawrence and used to visit Pat and Joyce Knowles who looked after Lawrence's cottage. Because they lived way out in the country side, they were not connected to the electricity supply. Pat generated electricity to charge a small room full of accumulators using solar panels and windmills. Pat encouraged my scientific interest by giving me old electronic equipment to play with.

- Robert Hunt

• Tera-fying Experiments
• Scientific Glass Blowing
• Electronics projects
• Virtual Museum
• X-Ray Gallery

Projects

• Video Monitor
• Geiger Counter
• Relay and DAC Controller

Historical Electricity Teaching Instruments

Historical Electricity Teaching Instruments

"In February 1975, Deborah Jean Warner, a Curator of Physical Science at the National Museum of American History, called me to ask if Kenyon had any historical physics teaching apparatus. I looked around my office......."

• Electrical Measurements
• Electric Motors
• Electricity
• Static Electricity

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr. - Professor Emeritus of Physics - Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio.

Muntzing a Circuit Design

A History of TV is not Complete till you Learn about the Adventures of Earl Muntz. How he cut cost to Promote his TV Sets by Incremental Pruning of Parts from a Working unit.

What is important to learn from it though, is that we should not overdesign or underdesign. We need to design a cost effective product within customer budget. More Bells and Whistles in yet another Model. A Model to cater to every Purse. And a BareBones model for those who just can barely afford it.

History of Muntzing

Muntz Story

"He took a trip to New York City, checked into the Warwick Hotel and ordered three television sets delivered to his room: an RCA, a Philco and a Dumont. He turned all three televisions to the same channel and began pulling tubes from each one by one. When he pulled one tube too many from a set and the picture went black, he would make a note. Then, he put all the tubes back, changed the channel to another of the four television stations operating in New York City and repeated the test."

• 1950-1959 Muntz (Howard Radio) - USA
• What's All This Muntzing Stuff, Anyhow?
• Madman Muntz: American Maverick :: The Man