Electrotherapeutic Wimshurst machine

inventor:
James Wimshurst

Electrotherapeutic Wimshurst machine, ebonite plates, brass conductors, glass tubes, with accessories, mounted on wooden table, James Wimshurst, inventor, English, 1890-1920

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A639525
Materials:
plates, ebonite, conductors and rod, brass, conductors, glass, pillars, tubes, glass and table, oak
Measurements:
overall: height 1447 mm
table: height 752 mm
table: length 1050 mm
table: width 820 mm
plate and shaft: height 695 mm
plates: diameter 550 mm
conductor: height 500 mm
conductor: diameter 180 mm
conductor: length 510 mm
tube, large: height 1680 mm
tube, large: diameter 90 mm
tube, small: height 1480 mm
tube, small: diameter 95 mm
type:
electrotherapy equipment