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James Wimshurst

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English inventor, engineer and shipwright

ScientistsLived 1832 to 1903 · aged 70
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James Wimshurst was an English inventor, engineer and shipwright. Though Wimshurst did not patent his machines and the various improvements that he made to them, his refinements to the electrostatic generator led to its becoming widely known as the Wimshurst machine.

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1898Fellow of the Royal Society

Scientists born in the 1830s 6

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Scientists
Type
Scientist
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1832 to 1903 · aged 70
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