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Supertek™ Wimshurst Machine
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Catalog No. S139442
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6+
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Description

This Supertek™ Wimshurst Machine is a traditional electrostatic generator.

  • Teach a little history too, while using this traditional electrostatic generator.
  • History: The Wimshurst influence machine is an electrostatic generator, a machine for generating high voltages developed between 1880 and 1883 by British inventor James Wimshurst. 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.
  • Supertek's electrostatic generator consists of two - 9.84 in. discs with radial aluminum segments driven in opposite directions by a hand wheel and belt with two Leyden jars on wooden base.

Specifications

Grade 6+
Format Model
Languages English
Subject Physical Science - Electricity
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