The Wimshurst machine is an electrostatic generator in the same vein of a Van de Graff but predates it by about 45 years. Instead of using a belt to create a static charge it uses contra-rotating disks with metal sectors to create the charge and Leyden jars to store the energy produced.
Plans for this machine freely available here:- [ Ссылка ]
Part 3- Making pulleys and collector comb supports.
