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Wimshurst

Wimshurst is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Henry Wimshurst (1804–1884), English shipbuilder
  • James Wimshurst (1832–1903), English inventor, engineer and shipwright
    • Wimshurst machine
  • Ken Wimshurst (born 1938), English footballer and manager

Usage examples of "wimshurst".

It was slow going but produced results, because I finally read that book cover to cover and built a Wimshurst machine and a Ruhmkorff coil -- for some reason I loved powerful electrical discharges.