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An early 2oth-Century Wimshurst-pattern electrostatic generating machine,
a plaque on the base for GRIFFIN & GEORGE LTD LONDON MADE IN GT. BRITAIN, the two 12-inch dia. plates each with twenty-two foil sectors and two pairs of brush contacts, with twin leather turning ropes, a large and small pair of discharge balls and two leyden jars, on a wooden base -- 38.1cm. (15in.) wide
a plaque on the base for GRIFFIN & GEORGE LTD LONDON MADE IN GT. BRITAIN, the two 12-inch dia. plates each with twenty-two foil sectors and two pairs of brush contacts, with twin leather turning ropes, a large and small pair of discharge balls and two leyden jars, on a wooden base -- 38.1cm. (15in.) wide
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