Electrostatic generator
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An electrostatic generator, or electrostatic machine, is an electrical generator that produces static electricity, or electricity at high voltage and low continuous current. The knowledge of static el
A Van de Graaff generator, for classroom demonstrations
12" Quadruple Sector-less Wimshurst Machine (Bonetti Machine)
Typical friction machine using a glass globe, common in the 18th century
Martinus van Marum's Electrostatic generator at Teylers Museum
Electroscope
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The electroscope is an early scientific instrument used to detect the presence of electric charge on a body. It detects this by the movement of a test charge due to the Coulomb electrostatic force on
Condensing electroscope, Rome University physics dept.
Homemade electroscope, 1900