
Wimshurst Influence Machine
£1250
Wimshurst Influence Machine
A Wimshurst influence electrostatic generator, circa 1900.
12 inch twin discs, glass accumulators and glass support insulators.
Height: 46.5 cm.
Width: 49.5 cm.
Depth: 40 cm.
The Wimshurst influence machine is an electrostatic generator, a machine for generating high voltages developed between 1880 and 1883 by British inventor James Wimshurst (1832–1903).