Re: whimshurst--RESEND (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:28:03 -0600
From: Gomez <gomez@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: whimshurst--RESEND (fwd)

On Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 03:54  PM, High Voltage list wrote:

>
> From: Gomez <gomez@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: whimshurst--RESEND (fwd)
>
> Aha, the list is alive!
>
> On Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 08:30  AM, High Voltage list wrote:
>
>>   Back in high school physics (c.1947) there was a huge William
>>   Welch Wimshurst. The glass disks were at least 16 inches across and
>> driven
>>   in their opposite directions by a sewing machine belt driven from a
>> crank
>>   handle.
>
>   We had one like that too.  I have to laugh and point out that "huge"
> means
> different things to different people, however.  I've been toying with
> the idea
> of building a big Wimshurst machine from two replacement glass patio
> table tops.
> The only thing stopping me is that I don't know where I would put it!
>

OKay, so it's just me.  :)