The Electrostatic Machines of Holtz and Wimshurst ? Part I

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Scientific Paper
Title The Electrostatic Machines of Holtz and Wimshurst ? Part I
Author(s) Arden L Steinbach
Keywords electrostatic generators, Holtz, Holtz generator, Wimshurst, Wimshurst generator
Published 1995
Journal Electric Spacecraft Journal
Number 15
Pages 27-29

Abstract

A comparison is made between the electrostatic machines of Holtz and Wimshurst. Holtz claimed priority (1869) for a machine described by Wimshurst in 1883. Holtz? preferred not to use metallic sectors, and to use only one brush.