A lot of great pieces of real technology were inspired (or, at least, look like) pieces of technology from science fiction of the past. Like the smartphones of today have a surreal resemblance to the ...

In this video, we explore the Wimshurst machine, an electrostatic device created around 1880 by British inventor James Wimshurst. These machines were used in 19th-century physics research and ...

The Wimshurst machine is an electrical generator developed by British inventor James Wimshurst in 1832. The Wimshurst machine is an electrical generator developed by British inventor James Wimshurst ...

Although the basic concept of electrostatic attraction has been known since ancient times, it was only in the 17th century that scientists began to systematically investigate electrostatics. One of ...

Eighteenth-century electricians knew how to spark the interest of an audience with the principles of static electricity. Ch Frame Code Title 1 A Opening Sequence 2 02419 G Introduction To Static ...

Like a little casket of Siberian larch hidden amongst the lush hills of Newton Ferrers – a picturesque slate-roofed village to the east of Plymouth, England – the boathouse of the Berbering family ...