Cenco Wimhurst Electrostatic Machine
Title
Cenco Wimhurst Electrostatic Machine
Subject
Static Electricity
Description
When the large center disk, made of non-conducting material with metallic strips attached, was turned using a hand crank, fixed metallic brushes rubbed against the metallic strips causing them to become charged. The charge was drawn off and collected in Leyden jars at lower left and right. Movable rods connected to the Leyden jars could be put to use in driving pieces of electrical demonstration equipment, like the Electric Whirl.
Source
Property of the W&L Physics & Engineering Department
- Date Added
- December 7, 2011
- Tags
- Static Electricity
- Citation
- “Cenco Wimhurst Electrostatic Machine,” Antique Scientific Instruments at Washington and Lee University, accessed March 29, 2024, https://physicsapparatus.omeka.net/items/show/36.