Electrophorus
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Electrophorus
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In electromagnetism, an electrophorus or electrophore is a simple, manual, capacitive, electrostatic generator used to produce charge via the process of electrostatic induction. A first version of it was invented in 1762 by Swedish professor Johan Carl Wilcke. Italian scientist Alessandro Volta improved and popularized the device in 1775, and is sometimes erroneously credited with its invention. The word electrophorus was coined by Volta from the Greek ήλεκτρον, elektron, and φορεύς, phoreus, me
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Simple electrostatic generator invented in 1762
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrophorus
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2024-03-10T23:59:03Z
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