Wimshurst machine

Made:: 1885

maker:: James Wimshurst

Wimshurst machine, believed to have been made by James Wimshurst

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Category:: Electricity and Magnetism

Object Number:: 1982-803

type:: wimshurst machine

credit:: Tennants

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Wimshurst machine

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