Talk:Jacob's ladder (toy)

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[edit] Movie help

If you can turn .MOV into Ogg/Theora, I'd like some help. I made a movie of this toy in use and I'd like to include it in the article, but Commons won't accept .MOV and the software I would need to convert it scares me a bit. I'd be happy to email the file to you, or even work out some anonymous transfer if you figure out a way that suits you and are willing to explain it to me.--Joel 03:50, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

I've had a response. Soon, we might have video here. --Joel 04:41, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Update: The video is up. I'll go ahead and put a "media" link to it on the page.

I have removed, "'It is also a hard to get flower in the Nintendo D.S. title: Animal Crossing Wild World. It can be achived by having a perfect town for several days." from the article. If this does belong in the article it needs to make the context of its relevancy clear. Thanks. User:JCarriker (this message was added by JoanneB, as Jay's struggling to get himself un-autoblocked) 08:41, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

This wikipedia article needs a disambiguation page. A "Jacob's Ladder" is also a science toy that draws an AC arc across a pair of nearly parallel vertical rabbit-ear electrodes. As the arc heats and ionizes the air, the column of air between the electrodes is seen to rise, drawing the arc upward with it. These devices were popular as a prop for mad scientist laboratories portrayed on television and movie serials in the 1940's and 1950's.