Nollet Electrostatic Machine, 1750
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Nollet Electrostatic Machine, 1750
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Wellcome Images
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An electrostatic machine is an electromechanical generator that produces electricity at high voltage and low continuous current. The knowledge of static electricity dates back to the earliest civilizations, but for millennia it remained merely an interesting and mystifying phenomenon, without a theory to explain its behavior and often confused with magnetism. By the end of the 17th Century, researchers had developed practical means of generating electricity by friction, but the development of electrostatic machines did not begin in earnest until the 18th century, when they became fundamental instruments in the studies about electricity. Electrostatic generators develop electrostatic charges of opposite signs rendered to two conductors, using only electric forces, and work by using moving plates, drums, or belts to carry electric charge to a high potential electrode. The charge is generated by one of two methods either the triboelectric effect (friction) or electrostatic induction. Image appeared in "Essai sur l'electricite'" by Jean-Antoine Nollet, 1750. This image has been color enhanced.
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