History

Nairne's Cylinder Machine

Single Disk Electrostatic Machine

Holtz Electrostatic Machine

Wimshurst Machine

Armstrong's Hydro-Electrical Generator

Lightning Conductors as a Fashion Item (Paris 1770s)

Otto von Guericke's Static Generator (1672)

Electrophorous (Alessandro Volta, 1770)

 

Induction Coil

Nikola Tesla

Tesla's Long Island Tower

 

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