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Categories: Articles with short description, Historical scientific instruments, Electrical generators, Electrical instruments, Electrostatics
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electrostatic generator  electrostatic machine  Wimshurst machine  Van de Graaff generator  Wimshurst machine 3.1416
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Electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity WordNet 3.0
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Electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The Wimshurst machine or Wimshurst influence machine is an electrostatic generator, a machine for generating high voltages developed between 1880 and 1883 by British inventor James Wimshurst. Wikipedia
An electrostatic generator, or electrostatic machine, is an electrical generator that produces static electricity, or electricity at high voltage and low continuous current. Wikipedia
A Van de Graaff generator is an electrostatic generator which uses a moving belt to accumulate electric charge on a hollow metal globe on the top of an insulated column, creating very high electric potentials. Wikipedia
An electrostatic generator Wikipedia Disambiguation
Electrostatic generator that produces high voltages by accumulated tribocharging Wikidata
Device that generates electrical charge on a high voltage electrode Wikidata
A device in which an electric charge is built up on a large spherical electrode by means of a rapidly moving belt. Wiktionary
Device in which an electric charge is built up by means of a moving belt. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
electrical device
electrostatic generator
generator
DE
Influenzmaschine
HAS KIND
electrophorus
electrostatic generator
Cavallo's multiplier
Kelvin water dropper
HAS INSTANCE
large electrostatic generator
Corbett's electrostatic machine
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Van de Graaff
James Wimshurst
USE
production
USES
triboelectric effect
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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electrostatic generator, electrostatic machine, Wimshurst machine, Van de Graaff generator
Wikipedia
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electrostatic generator, Van de Graaff generator, Wimshurst machine
Wikidata
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electrostatic generator, Van de Graaff generator, Wimshurst machine 3.1416
Wiktionary
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Van de Graaff generator
Wikipedia Redirections
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electrostatic machine, Friction machine, frictional electrical machine, influence machine, static-electricity generator, tandem Van de Graaff, tandem Van de Graaff accelerator, Van de Graaf generator, Van de Graaf machine, Van de Graaff accelerator, Van de Graaff Generator, Van De Graaff Generator, Van de Graaff machine, Van de Graf generator, Van de Graff generator, Van der Graaff generator, Van der Graaff Generator, Van Der Graaff generator, Van Der Graff Generator, VandeGraaff generator, Vandegraff generator, Vandergraph generator, Vandograph Generator, Wimhurst machine, Wimshurst influence machine, Wimshurst Machine, Wimshusrt
Wikidata Alias
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Van de Graaf generator, Van de Graff generator, Van der Graaff generator, Van der Graff generator

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