Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Forgery

1. What is Forgery?

Forgery is the copying of another person writing or signature.
Criminals use it for signing cheques falsely. 

Aim: to figure out which pen was used to write a forgery letter 
Hypothesis:  We will know what pen was used.
Method ( what you need for this Experiment): Beaker, Filter paper, Pen, Cello-tape and  Water.

Method:
1. Put a dot on the filter paper 2 cm up
2. Put 50ml of water in the beaker 
3.put the paper in the water and leave it for 5 minutes
4. Attach a piece of the letter to the paper with cello-tape
5. Place the paper in 50ml of water in a different beaker 
6. Compare the two ink marks.

Here are is a picture of both the beakers.

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