Tuesday, September 1, 2009

The biggest ever Wimshurst machine


I've been using the Wimshurst in class a great deal as an electrostatic generator --- I supply mechanical work to separate electric charge --- and we've seen some cool effects such as sparks, the electric field and the Parallel Plate capacitor. But how big can you make it? Have a read of this story about the largest Wimshurst ever made.


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