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Wimshurst machine

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Wimshurst machine /ˈwɪmzhəːst/

▶noun a device for generating an electric charge by turning glass discs in opposite directions.

– origin C19: named after the English engineer James Wimshurst.

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