Van de Graaff

SHAR PETERSON IS a slim, attractive, intense woman with striking hair that appears to have been styled by a Van de Graaff generator.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

SHAR PETERSON IS a slim, attractive, intense woman with striking hair that appears to have been styled by a Van de Graaff generator.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

SHAR PETERSON IS a slim, attractive, intense woman with striking hair that appears to have been styled by a Van de Graaff generator.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

SHAR PETERSON IS a slim, attractive, intense woman with striking hair that appears to have been styled by a Van de Graaff generator.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

Van de Graaff had invented an electrostatic accelerator that was in many ways superior to the Cockcroft-Walton machine, and Lawrence had invented the cyclotron, which was in many ways better still.

Seeing the Unseen Dyson, Freeman 2005

Tuve and Van de Graaff had built a splendid machine at the Carnegie Institution in Washington, but it was standing on the grass out-of-doors, where dust and insects interfered with its operation.

Seeing the Unseen Dyson, Freeman 2005

The two huge Van de Graaff generators throbbed with power.

Impossible Places Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002

The two huge Van de Graaff generators throbbed with power.

Impossible Places Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002

The two huge Van de Graaff generators throbbed with power.

Impossible Places Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002

We build Tesla transformers, Van de Graaff generators, high voltage climbing arcs, plasma globes & tubes, Marx Lightning Surge generators, and a host of other "mad scientist" machines.

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