Wimshurst Electrostatische Generator

A Traditiol Device Capable Of Generating High Electrostatic Potentials That Can Produce Spark Of Length Up To 3” Under Favourable Conditions. Equipped With Two Acrylic Plates Of Diameter About 10” And Having Aluminum Sectors Permanently Pasted Radially Along The Rim. Both The Plates Mounted Parallel To Each Other And Rotate In Opposite Direction Through A Belt-Pulley Arrangement. Provided With A Handle For Manual Rotation. A Set Of Charge Collecting Combs Is Mounted Along With The Adjustable Spark Gap Arms, The Latter Equipped With Small Metallic Sphere Discharger At One End And Long Insulating Handle Adjustment At The Other End. The Charge Can Be Stored In A Pair Of High Capacity Leyden Jar Capacitors That Can Be Connected Or Disconnected As Desired. When Connected To The Leyden Jars, The Spherical Dischargers Starts Accumulating The Charge And Transfer Of Charge From One Discharger To Other Takes Place In The Form Electric Spark Jumping From One Sphere To Other. Complete Apparatus Is Mounted On A Well Insulated Base That Also Carries A Pair Of Earthing Termils For The Leyden Jars. (Wimshurst Electrostatic Generator)

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