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CD47-Bot
31-01-2004, 18:23
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Aignam
31-01-2004, 18:23
What...err..what is it??

The picture is too small for me to be able to distinguish what that is..
dlavery
31-01-2004, 19:03
What...err..what is it??

The picture is too small for me to be able to distinguish what that is..

A Whimhurst machine.

-dave
EIROBOTICS86
31-01-2004, 19:07
what is a whimhurst machine
sanddrag
31-01-2004, 21:07
If I recall I think it makes little "lightning bolts" or at least some good size sparks.
Stephen P
31-01-2004, 21:11
If I recall I think it makes little "lightning bolts" or at least some good size sparks.

It is a generator, and when charged to a capacitor it can generate over 20,000 volts. Pretty cool.
BillyGoats
01-02-2004, 12:31
To much free time!?!?! Nah, This is 3 months old now i belive. Carpentry just completed the stand to hold it friday, mind you it has 0 nails or screws in it.

It it for one of my fellow students VICA project here is a link for a bigger picture.

http://www.valleytech.k12.ma.us/robotics/images/2004Pictures/2004otherproject.JPG
dlavery
01-02-2004, 14:59
what is a whimhurst machine

A Wimshurst Machine (http://www.lateralscience.co.uk/wimshurst/wims.html) (also known as a Whimhurst machine) is an electrical generator that preceeded van de Graaf generators, and was used to produce extremely high potentials. Lots of fun when connected to a pair of Leyden jars to store a very high charge.

-dave