Wimshurstmachine

Wimshurstmachine
Wims·hurst machine (wĭmzʹhûrst') n.
An electrostatic generator having oppositely rotating mica or glass disks with metal carriers on which charges are produced by induction, used chiefly as a demonstration apparatus.
  [After James Wimshurst (1832-1903), British engineer.]

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