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Van de Graaff Generator Patent
Van de Graaff Generator Patent
Inventor
Robert Van de Graaff
submitted this patent application for his now-famous generator in 1931 while he was a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was granted by the U.S. Patent Office in 1935.
Photo courtesy of the U.S. Patent Office