Developed by English inventor James Wimshurst (1832 - 1903) in the early 1880s, the device is an electrostatic generator. It consists of two counter-rotating glass disks with metal sectors pasted around the circumference driven by a crank, two Leyden jars and connecting circuitry. As the disks rotate, an electrical charge (voltage) builds up in the two Leyden jars (capacitors) until there is sufficient force to throw a spark across the gap between the metal balls at the top.
This model was inspired by the YouTube video series “Building a Wimshurst Machine” by Winky’s Workshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLVlV0N7Y1Y&list=PLz2A001hMBoTW59vbJtitbinLMcaYpn4T
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