James Wimshurst
✓ Source-basedstableEnglish 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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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1832 to 1903 · aged 70
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