Elementary treatise on physics, experimental and applied : for the use of colleges and schools (1906)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, Edmund, 1831-1901, Reinold, A. W. (Arnold William), 1843-1921 · New York : Wood · leaf 819
the most remark-able features of this machine, that under ordinary conditions it attains itsfull power after the second or third turn. The initial charge is probablyobtained from the electricity of the air, or from the frictional resistanceagainst it. -776] Wimshursts Machine 793 With a machine… … Fig. 748 handle. A machine with 12 plates, 30 inches in diameter, when driven at aspeed of 200 turns per minute, produces sparks between the terminals of13^ inches in length.
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