This category lists sites concerned mainly with high voltage generators not of the Tesla coil type such as Van de Graff generators, electrostatic generators, Cockroft Walton generators and Quarter Shrinkers.
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- Electrostatic Machines Construction details and history, with pictures and directions for a wide variety of generators.
- Jacob's Ladder (Climbing Arc) Construction informative page on these very dangerous devices.
- Jon's Homebuilt Lasers Some pictures from a laser enthusiast.
- Capacitor-Bank Discharge Experiments William Beaty describes some dangerous high voltage experiments he has performed, and provides links to related sites.
- Advancement of High Voltage Generators and Components for Applications under Industrial Conditions Technical study of the Marx generator and how to achieve a high throughput in industrial applications.
- Accelerators Describes the development of the particle accelerator starting with the Cockroft-Walton device built in 1932, the Van de Graaff accelerator, the radio frequency linear accelerator, the cyclotron and synchrotron.
- UVA Virtual Lab: Van de Graaff Generators Photographic tour showing how these devices work.
- Early Particle Accelerators Article describing how Cockcroft and Walton built a voltage multiplier that used a stack of capacitors connected by rectifying diodes. Also describes the Van de Graaff generator, the linear accelerator and the cyclotron.