An eighteenth-century Universal Discharger is in our Frankenstein exhibit, and can be seen at the right of Victor's laboratory. (It has a frog on top of it, and is about a foot tall.)

In laboratories across all the world, and all of history, experimenters have wished they had a few extra hands. This discharger serves some of their needs. The experiment can be arranged on top of the small platform, and the metal balls (or points, if desired) arranged to touch just the places you wish to electrify. Then, with the experiment ready, the experimenter can fire up the generator or the Voltaic pile and apply the electricity to it. It lets you arrange the experiment, then do it, at separate times with a separate focus of attention.

Museum Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 to 5
Thursdays 10 am to  8pm 
Closed Major Holidays
Library Hours: Monday - Friday 9 to 4:30

Admission: $7 Adults; $5 Students & Seniors; Children 3 and under are FREE!

© The Bakken Updated: April 6, 2007