Wimshurst Influence Machine enamel Failing as an automobile maker

Failing as an automobile maker after the war

Complete with clear dust cover

Dimensions: 37

scarcely seen title page dates this piece to 1862

Wimshurst Influence Machine enamel Failing as an automobile makerInvented by British inventory, James Wimshurst, between 1880 1883. An electrostatic generator that develops high voltage, it as 2 counter rotating discs mounted vertically and 2 bars with brushes that rub against evenly spaced metallic strips mounted on each of the discs. Static electricity is produced when the discs rotate. This is stored in 2 lyden jars. Two electrodes leading from these lyden jars can be moved and the distance between them varied.