[wimz-hurst] 
| a device for the production of electric charge by electrostatic induction, consisting of two oppositely rotating glass or mica disks carrying metal strips upon which charges are induced and subsequently removed by contact with metallic combs. |
| Wims·hurst machine (wĭmz'hûrst') n. An electrostatic generator having oppositely rotating mica or glass disks with metal carriers on which charges are produced by induction, used chiefly as a demonstration apparatus. [After James Wimshurst (1832-1903), British engineer.] |