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{{Infobox paper
| title = The Jumping Electrostatic Top
| author = [[Richard A Ford]]
| keywords = [[experiment]], [[high voltage]], [[jumping electrostatic top]], [[Wimshurst generator]]
| published = 1992
| journal = [[Electric Spacecraft Journal]]
| number = [[5]]
| pages = 26-30
}}

==Abstract==

In trying to reproduce the jumping electrostatic top phenomenon, Mr. Ford details his experiments using a homemade sectorless Wimshurst generator of his design. He and his research associate John Richter discovered that small discs supported by a single point were the most effective. The question of why the top suddenly jumps up is left unresolved.[[Category:Scientific Paper]]