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wimshurst elec·tric ma·chine
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Wimshurst Electric Machine
An influence machine for producing high potential or static electricity. Two circular discs of thin glass are mounted on perforated hubs or bosses of wood or ebonite. Each hub has a groove turned upon it to receive a cord. Each disc is shellacked. They are mounted on a horizontal steel spindle so as to face and to be within one-eighth of an inch of each other. On the outside of each disc sixteen or eighteen sectors of tinfoil or thin metal are cemented. Two curved brass rods terminating in wire brushes curved into a semi-ellipse just graze the outer surfaces of the plates with their brushes. They lie in imaginary planes, passing through the axis of the spindle and at right angles from each other. Four collecting combs are arranged horizontally on insulating supports to collect electricity from the horizontal diameters of the discs. These lie at an angle of about 45° with the other equalizing rods. Discharging rods connect with the collecting combs. The principle of the machine is that one set of sector plates act as inductors for the other set. Its action is not perfectly understood. It works well in damp weather, far surpassing other influence machines in this respect. On turning the handle a constant succession or stream of sparks is produced between the terminals of the discharging rods.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wimshurst electric machine in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wimshurst electric machine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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