The Electrostatic Machines of Holtz and Wimshurst ? Part I
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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.