The electrical machine of Christian August Hausen, 1743. The boy suspended from silk cords is acting as a kind of prime conductor. From Hausen's "Novi profectus in historia electricitatis." Hausen (1693-1743) was a German mathematician who is known for his research on electricity, in particular using a triboelectric generator. Hausen's generator was similar to earlier generators, such as that of Francis Hauksbee. It consisted of a glass globe rotated by a cord and a large wheel. An assistant rubbed the globe with his hand to produce static electricity. Hausen's book describes his generator and
The electrical machine of Christian August Hausen, 1743. The boy suspended from silk cords is acting as a kind of prime conductor. From Hausen's "Novi profectus in historia electricitatis." Hausen (1693-1743) was a German mathematician who is known for his research on electricity, in particular using a triboelectric generator. Hausen's generator was similar to earlier generators, such as that of Francis Hauksbee. It consisted of a glass globe rotated by a cord and a large wheel. An assistant rubbed the globe with his hand to produce static electricity. Hausen's book describes his generator and sets forth a theory of electricity in which electrification is a consequence of the production of vortices in a universal electrical fluid.
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