Wimshurst Machine 24cm disc

85,00 incl. VAT

Disc diameter 24cm.
Sparks up to a length of 50mm
The most significant electrostatics experiments can also be carried out with this generator.

SKU: 580624 Category: Tag:
Description

Wimshurst Machine 24cm disc

Wimshurst Machine

Disc Diameter: ~24 cm (235mm)

Base Dimensions: 300x220mm

Spark Distance: 50mm

 

The Wimshurst influence machine is an electrostatic generator, a machine for generating high voltages developed between 1880 and 1883 by British inventor James Wimshurst (1832–1903).

It has a distinctive appearance 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.