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Wimshurst machine

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An electrostatic generator with two large contra-rotating discs mounted in a vertical plane, two crossed bars with metallic brushes, and a spark gap formed by two metal spheres.
  2. 2
    electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity wordnet

Etymology

Developed between 1880 and 1883 by British inventor James Wimshurst (1832–1903).

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