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17 Man* no Vo^^^iMOiip =Fig. 5And here is the right explanation (see fig. 3):<strong>The</strong> machine <strong>of</strong> Wimshurst consists <strong>of</strong> two disks <strong>of</strong> insulator (glass) which rotatein mutually opposite directions. One <strong>way</strong> for realizing this opposite rotation can beseen in the second figure <strong>of</strong> Ref . 8, another <strong>way</strong> can be seen in fig. 5 <strong>of</strong> Ref. 6.I must add that all machines TESTATIKA with two disks have the second contrivancewhere caZoxu pafUbiu there is less friction. As TESTATIKA is an autonomous machine,there is no handle and the initial push is given by fingers on the rims <strong>of</strong> the disksin opposite directions.<strong>The</strong> internal faces <strong>of</strong> the Wimshurst 's disks are near one to another but do nottouch. <strong>The</strong> same number <strong>of</strong> radial tinfoil sectors are glued on the external faces<strong>of</strong> the disks. Two pairs <strong>of</strong> metal combs embrace both disks at the extremities <strong>of</strong> thehorizontal diameter and are in contact with two conductors which have balls on theirends (called poles <strong>of</strong> the machine). <strong>The</strong> internal electrodes <strong>of</strong> two Leyden bottlesare connected to the combs, while their external electrodes are connected togetherby a metal chain. When the condensers' internal electrodes are charged with oppositeelectricity to a high enough potential, a spark appears between the poles and thecondensers discharge.Along one <strong>of</strong> the diameters <strong>of</strong> any <strong>of</strong> the disks there are conductors endingwith two pairs <strong>of</strong> fine brushes which slide on the radial sectors when the disks rotate.In fig. 3 one sett only one <strong>of</strong> these diametrical conductors whose brushes slideon the front disk. <strong>The</strong> other diametrical conductor with its brushes is in frort<strong>of</strong>