"Wimshurst machine" Quotes from Famous Books
... phenomenon which you have just witnessed with the discharge of a Holtz or Wimshurst machine—that other interesting appliance so dear to the experimenter. What a difference there is between these phenomena! And yet, had I made the necessary arrangements—which could have been made easily, were it not that they would interfere with other experiments—I could have produced ... — Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High - Frequency • Nikola Tesla |