Wimshurst is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Henry Wimshurst (1804–1884), English shipbuilder
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James Wimshurst (1832–1903), English inventor, engineer and shipwright
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Wimshurst machine
The Wimshurst machine or Wimshurst influence machine is an electrostatic generator, a machine for generating high voltages developed between 1880 and 1883 by British inventor James Wimshurst (1832–1903).
It has a distinctive appearance wi ...
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electrostatic
Electrostatics is a branch of physics that studies slow-moving or stationary electric charges.
Since classical times, it has been known that some materials, such as amber, attract lightweight particles after rubbing. The Greek word (), mean ...
generator
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Ken Wimshurst
Kenneth Pinkney Wimshurst (23 March 1938 – 6 July 2017) was an English footballer who played as a right half. He made over 300 Football League appearances in the years after the Second World War.
Career
Ken Wimshurst played locally for South ...
(1938–2017), English footballer and manager
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English-language surnames