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of that year, gives some indication as to the light-hearted nature of the document.
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The first known fully documented demonstration was in a 1989 report from
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A pickle glowing when an electric current is passed through it
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in chemistry classes, and also as a demonstration in
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line voltage
pickled cucumber
salt
pickling
Sodium
ions
atomic electron transitions
conduction
atomic emission
lighting
Digital Equipment Corporation
April Fools' Day
Gardner, Martin
Martin Gardner's Science Magic: Tricks and Puzzles
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978-0486152905
"Electrocute a Pickle"
"How to Make the Electric Pickle Experiment"
"Characterization of Organic Illumination Systems"
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chemistry
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