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English: Drawing showing the operation of an electrophorus, a simple manual electrostatic generator invented in 1762 by Swedish professor Johan Carl Wilcke. The electrophorus consists of a flat "cake" of dielectric material such as pitch or wax, and a metal plate with an insulated handle that sits on top of it. The cake is first charged by rubbing it with fur (right) and the plate is set on top of it. The charge of the cake causes the charges in the metal plate to separate due to electrostatic induction; if the cake is charged positively, the top of the plate aquires a positive charge and the bottom acquires a negative charge. Then the top of the plate is grounded by touching it with a finger (shown). The positive charges on top of the plate drain off to ground. Then the plate with its remaining negative charge is lifted off the cake.
Français : Dessin montrant le fonctionnement d'un électrophore de Volta, un générateur électrostatique manuel simple inventé en 1762 par le professeur suédois Johan Carl Wilcke. L'électrophore se compose d'une « galette » plate en matériau diélectrique, comme la poix ou la cire, et d'une plaque métallique sur laquelle repose une poignée isolée. La galette est d'abord chargée en la frottant avec de la fourrure (à droite) et la plaque est posée dessus. La charge de la galette entraîne la séparation des charges dans la plaque métallique par induction électrostatique ; si la galette est chargée positivement, le haut de la plaque acquiert une charge positive et le bas une charge négative. Ensuite, le haut de la plaque est mis à la terre en le touchant avec un doigt (voir illustration). Les charges positives du dessus de l'assiette s'écoulent vers la terre. Ensuite, la plaque avec sa charge négative restante est soulevée de la galette.
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Source Retrieved 2008-08-08 from Amédée Guillemin (1891) Electricity and Magnetism, revised by Sylvanus P. Thompson, MacMillan, New York, p.190, fig. 105 on Google Books
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Amédée Guillemin  (1826–1893)  wikidata:Q2844663 s:en:Author:Amédée Guillemin
 
Amédée Guillemin
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Amedee Guillemin
Description French writer, journalist and scientist
Date of birth/death 5 July 1826 Edit this at Wikidata 2 January 1893 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Pierre-de-Bresse Pierre-de-Bresse
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