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Wims·hurst machine

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NOUN:

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.

ETYMOLOGY:
After James Wimshurst (1832-1903), British engineer

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