Wimshurst is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Henry Wimshurst (1804–1884), English shipbuilder
James Wimshurst (1832–1903), English inventor, engineer and shipwright
Wimshurst machine, an electrostatic generator
Ken Wimshurst (1938–2017), English footballer and manager
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The Wimshurst machine or Wimshurst influence machine is an electrostatic generator, a machine for generating high voltages developed between 1880 and 1883...
Wimshurst is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Henry Wimshurst (1804–1884), English shipbuilder James Wimshurst (1832–1903)...
of the largest-ever Wimshurst machines was built in England (it is now at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry). The Wimshurst machine is a considerably...
James Wimshurst (13 April 1832 – 3 January 1903) was an English inventor, engineer and shipwright. Though Wimshurst did not patent his machines and the...
Henry Wimshurst (1804–1884) was a 19th-century British shipbuilder. Wimshurst was in business at Ratcliffe Cross Dock in east London. He is remembered...
Kenneth Pinkney Wimshurst (23 March 1938 – 6 July 2017) was an English footballer who played as a right half. He made over 300 Football League appearances...
between two poles on a Wimshurst high-voltage generator. This was the basis for Eno crediting Fripp's solo on this track as "Wimshurst Guitar". Another Green...
demonstrate the technology. SS Archimedes was built in 1838 by Henry Wimshurst of London, as the world's first steamship to be driven by a screw propeller...
professor Johan Carl Wilcke in 1762. Electrostatic generators, such as the Wimshurst machine, the Van de Graaff generator and the electrophorus, use this principle...
000 V. Electrostatic generators such as Van de Graaff generators and Wimshurst machines can produce voltages approaching one million volts at several...
tornado, tsunami tank, Tesla coil, heliostat system, and a Wimshurst machine built by James Wimshurst in the late 19th century. Also housed are Newton's Cradle...
lights installed in Manhattan. 1880–1883: James Wimshurst of Poplar, London, England invents the Wimshurst Machine. 1881–1885: Stefan Drzewiecki of Podolia...
latchup are commonly considered together Spark gap Static electricity Wimshurst machine Henry B. Garrett and Albert C. Whittlesey: Spacecraft charging...
in schools and science shows. Other electrostatic machines such as the Wimshurst machine or Bonetti machine work similarly to the Van De Graaff generator;...
Electric motor Homopolar motor Faraday paradox Faraday's law of induction Wimshurst machine Losty, H.H.W & Lewis, D.L. (1973) Homopolar Machines. Philosophical...
inventor James Wimshurst developed an apparatus that had two glass disks mounted on two shafts. It was not until 1883 that the Wimshurst machine was more...
century Greek inventor. Archimedes was built in London in 1838 by Henry Wimshurst. According to F. P. Smith himself, the ship was constructed of English...
that was set up in 1840 and which has run nearly continuously ever since Wimshurst machine — an electrostatic generator Shooting a candle through a plank...
principle of electrostatic induction as electrostatic machines such as the Wimshurst machine and the Van de Graaff generator. Electret For information about...
Firing required the current delivered by a 120 V battery. Private Harold Wimshurst later recalled: We had a special job. We had to go all round these villages...
(1835–1919). 1880–1883: The Wimshurst machine, an Electrostatic generator for producing high voltages, developed by James Wimshurst (1832–1903). 1884: Steam...
Year Title Director Notes 1978 De elektriseermachine van Wimshurst Erik van Zuylen Entrée Brussels Frans Weisz 1999 Tuesdays with Morrie Mick Jackson...
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