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An electrostatic motor or capacitor motor is a type of electric motor based on the attraction and repulsion of electric charge. An alternative type of electrostatic motor is the spacecraft electrostatic ion drive thruster where forces and motion are created by electrostatically accelerating ions.
Franklin's electrostatic machine on display at the Franklin Institute Its key components are a glass globe which turned on an axis via a crank , a cloth pad in contact with the spinning globe, a set of metal needles to conduct away the charge developed on the globe by its friction with the pad, and a Leyden jar – a high-voltage capacitor ...
An electrostatic generator, or electrostatic machine, is an electrical generator that produces static electricity, or electricity at high voltage and low continuous current. The knowledge of static electricity dates back to the earliest civilizations, but for millennia it remained merely an interesting and mystifying phenomenon , without a ...
A plasma propulsion engine is a type of electric propulsion that generates thrust from a quasi-neutral plasma. This is in contrast with ion thruster engines, which generate thrust through extracting an ion current from the plasma source, which is then accelerated to high velocities using grids/anodes. These exist in many forms (see electric ...
The "whirl" was an electrostatic reaction motor, the earliest of its kind; [1] while the second derives its theoretical importance as the first instance of the application of what came to be called electric convection. Gordon died in Erfurt, Thuringia.
Electrostatic motor; C. ... Electrostatic loudspeaker; G. Gridded ion thruster; I. Ion-propelled aircraft This page was last edited on 17 February 2022, at 02:56 ...
A bottle dynamo or sidewall dynamo is a small electrical generator for bicycles employed to power a bicycle's lights. The traditional bottle dynamo (pictured) is not actually a dynamo at all (which creates DC power), but a low-power magneto that generates AC .
A Fizz-Keeper on a Pepsi bottle. A Fizz-Keeper is a type of closure that is marketed as a way to keep carbonation in soft drinks.It consists of a small round hand pump that is screwed onto the top of a plastic soft drink bottle, which is then used to pump air into the bottle, preventing the drink from going flat.