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WHEN a piece of cotton wool is placed on one of the charged spheres of a Wimshurst machine, it is immediately repelled, and, following the lines of force in the air, proceeds to the oppositely charged sphere. This is the usual method of demonstrating the phenomenon, but it is not always easily controlled.
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BAXENDEN, J. Electric Lines of Force. Nature 142, 165 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142165c0
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