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Wimshurst machine

noun
1.
Electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity.  Synonyms: electrostatic generator, electrostatic machine, Van de Graaff generator.






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"Wimshurst machine" Quotes from Famous Books



... phenomenon which you have just witnessed with the discharge of a Holtz or Wimshurst machine—that other interesting appliance so dear to the experimenter. What a difference there is between these phenomena! And yet, had I made the necessary arrangements—which could have been made easily, were it not that they would interfere with other experiments—I could have produced ...
— Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High - Frequency • Nikola Tesla



Words linked to "Wimshurst machine" :   electrophorus, electrical device, electrostatic machine



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