At a close look,it all looks to !cardboard! for me. Kind of looks like one of the early AC motors. Brad
It certainly does look like an early Edison machine with those long coils. I have a hunch that the spinning device generates an electrostatic charge from air friction, as it is isolated from ground, has no slip rings or other contacts and is fed from a belt drive from the motor on the lower deck also for electrical isolation from the motor. I believe hidden on the top of the shaft that feeds the rotating disc, there may be an electrostatic commutation device that chops the charge and applies it to the black devices at the center of the coils. This is covered for a couple of reasons, to hide the sparking of the commutator chopper, which would be a giveaway, and to prevent dust accumulation from the high charge. Under the coils may be a dielectric medium that spreads and holds the charge until the pulse reverses polarity. Alternately there may be other perhaps unterminated coils acting as shock excited transmission lines. This is a guess and a WAG at that using my intuition considering all the components and the arrangement. I hope to post some drawings when I put enough detail in them to convey the idea, but I think it is obvious where it is going. Looks like Stephan has saved the chat from the last video referenced by Centraflow, I hope he posts it. Regards, ION
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