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A Wimshurst electrostatic generator, working on the principle of induction, generates high voltage differences and sparks between two movable electrodes. By increasing the distance between the electrodes, higher potential differences can be built up.
Electrostatic induction refers to the principle that charges in an object (especially a conductor) redistribute themselves in the presence of nearby charges. Opposite charges are attracted to each other, while similar charges are repelled.
Larger charges can be stored by connecting the knobs to Leyden jars which are component parts of the machine.
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Could this be the fastest growing phenomenon on the Internet, if not the world?
Posted 10 months by Anonymous
amazing
Posted 9 months by Anonymous
Ah.. sort of.. Don’t he brushes make contact with the sectors? So, for the initial condition when the positively charged disk passes over its neutralizer brush it’s positive charge would actually pass over to the other side leaving both sectors positively charged.
Ah.. sort of.. Don’t he brushes make contact with the sectors? So, for the initial condition when the positively charged disk passes over its neutralizer brush it’s positive charge would actually pass over to the other side leaving both sectors positively charged.The induction happens on the other disk. You needed to start off showing the positively charged sector passing over the neutralizer bar on the OTHER disk. Where it induces a negative charge. Pushing the positive charge to the other end of the neutralizer bar on the back. Now when the negative and positive sectors on the back rotate to align with the neutralizer bar in the front the opposite charges are induced on the front side.
Posted 5 months by joeblow
Yes, you’re exactly right. We noticed this recently, and will redo the animations soon…
Posted 5 months by esidman
It’s easy to see like little cap parallel to series connections every time the wheel rotates.
Posted 1 month by kabukicho2001@hotmail.com