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Topic: James Wimshurst

	TFCBooks -- Tesla Site Glossary
		James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) formalized this concept mathematically to explain capacitance and, in the special case, recognized that it could be the vehicle by which electro-magnetic energy moved.
		Kinetic Theory A theoretical approach which attempts to explain the behavior of physical systems using the assumptions that the systems are composed of large numbers of atoms/molecules/particles in vigorous motion, that energy and momentum are conserved in collisions of these particles, and that statistical methods can be applied to deduce the behavior of such systems.
		Maxwell's equations The set of four equations, attributed to James Clerk Maxwell, that describe the behavior of both the electric and magnetic fields, as well as their interactions with matter.
	www.tfcbooks.com /mainpage/glossary.htm (12260 words)

	Timeline Great Britain 1800-1859
		Commodore James Barron refused and the British opened fire with broadsides on the unprepared Chesapeake and forced her to surrender.
		President James Madison and his wife fled from the advancing enemy, but not before Dolley Madison saved the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington.
		1826 John James Audubon (1785-1851), painter and ornithologist, arrived in Britain to oversee the production of his "Birds of America." Although the 1st engravings were done in Edinburgh the project was soon transferred to London and completed over the next 12 years.
	www.timelines.ws /countries/GB_D_1800_1859.HTML (15120 words)

	Mechanism
		When Watt was designing his double-acting rotative engine in 1780, mill owner James Pickard of Birmingham patented an improved rotative atmospheric engine, using a flywheel to maintain the rotation, and a crank to convert reciprocating motion to rotary motion.
		There was certainly "prior art" here, as cranks had long been used on foot-operated lathes and spinning wheels.
		My Wimshurst machine uses an open and a crossed O-ring drive on the same shaft to turn the two induction wheels at exactly the same speed.
	www.du.edu /~jcalvert/tech/machines/centro.htm (10750 words)

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