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Wimshurst Machine
EM-a5a



Generate sparks with a Wimshurst Machine, and explain its workings.


Fishbane Chapter:   22.1
HRW 9th:   21.03
Reese Chapter:   16.2
PIRA DCS classification:   5A50.10

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University