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general
- Basics of Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), Midwest Chapter, Electrostatic Discharge Association
- The Discovery of the Electron, American Institute of Physics
- Electrostatic Applications
  - Other Electrostatics Websites
- Mike's Electric Stuff, Mike Harrison
- "Static" Electricity Page, Bill Beaty
- Stop Static, Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI)
- Theater of Electricity, Museum of Science, Boston
historical
- Observations on animal electricity, and particularly that called Spontaneous, J.J. Hemmer, Philosophical Magazine Series 1. Vol. 5, No. 17 (1799): 3–9; doi: 10.1080/14786431003659164.
high voltage
- The Lightning Guy, Brent Turner
- Mike's Electric Stuff, Mike Harrison
- Resonance Research, manufacturers of Van de Graaff generators and Tesla coils
- Tesla Coil Web Ring
- Tesla Systems Research
triboelectricity
- Crackling Planets, Astronauts on the Moon and Mars are going to have to cope with an uncommon amount of static electricity, Tony Phillips, Science@NASA, 10 August 2005
- Correlation between nanosecond x‑ray flashes and stick–slip friction in peeling tape. Carlos G. Camara1, Juan V. Escobar, Jonathan R. Hird & Seth J. Putterman. Nature 455, 1089–1092 (23 October 2008). Check out the supplemental graphs and photos.
video on demand
- Giant Tesla tower spawns big bolts, New Scientist, 8 January 2012
- The Mechanical Universe and Beyond
  - Static Electricity, Eighteenth-century electricians knew how to spark the interest of an audience with the principles of static electricity.

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