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4 unusual facts about Electrostatic generator


Electrostatic generator

The action and efficiency of influence machines were further investigated by F. Rossetti, A. Righi, and F. W. G. Kohlrausch.

In 1865, August J. I. Toepler developed an influence machine that consisted of two disks fixed on the same shaft and rotating in the same direction.

Oleg D. Jefimenko, "Electrostatic Motors: Their History, Types, and Principles of Operation".

Pelletron

A pelletron is a type of electrostatic particle accelerator similar to a Van de Graaff generator.


Capacitor

In October 1745, Ewald Georg von Kleist of Pomerania in Germany found that charge could be stored by connecting a high-voltage electrostatic generator by a wire to a volume of water in a hand-held glass jar.

Otto von Guericke

He invented the first electrostatic generator, the "Elektrisiermaschine", of which a version is illustrated in the engraving by Hubert-François Gravelot, c.


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