Wimshurst machine
Discussion
The Repair Shop - or rather Steve - just repaired an original Wimshurst machine built by none other than the inventor himself.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0013wcd/the...
A wonderful thing from the age before plastic, and perhaps inspiration for H.G. Wells' time machine.
I was rather surprised that neither of them knew what it was. We had one at school and it reminded me that my father had one too!
But then again, we also had a narwhal tusk (which I still have). And a pair of Magdeburg hemispheres. And a barograph. Doesn't everyone have those?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0013wcd/the...
A wonderful thing from the age before plastic, and perhaps inspiration for H.G. Wells' time machine.
I was rather surprised that neither of them knew what it was. We had one at school and it reminded me that my father had one too!
But then again, we also had a narwhal tusk (which I still have). And a pair of Magdeburg hemispheres. And a barograph. Doesn't everyone have those?
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