Cockcroft–Walton generator

electric circuit which generates a high DC voltage from a low voltage AC or pulsing DC input
Place invention Q1075349
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Cockcroft–Walton generator

Summary

Cockcroft–Walton generator is an invention[1]. It draws 173 Wikipedia views per month (invention category, ranking #14 of 40).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cockcroft–Walton generator is credited with the discovery of Heinrich Greinacher[3].
  • Cockcroft–Walton generator's image is recorded as CERN Microcosm 05.JPG[4].
  • Cockcroft–Walton generator's instance of is recorded as invention[5].
  • John Cockcroft is named after Cockcroft–Walton generator[6].
  • Ernest Walton is named after Cockcroft–Walton generator[7].
  • Cockcroft–Walton generator's subclass of is recorded as particle accelerator[8].
  • Cockcroft–Walton generator's subclass of is recorded as generator[9].
  • Cockcroft–Walton generator's Commons category is recorded as Cockcroft-Walton generators[10].
  • Cockcroft–Walton generator's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07cdz2[11].
  • Cockcroft–Walton generator's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0018424[12].
  • Cockcroft–Walton generator's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/Cockcroft-Walton-generator[13].
  • Cockcroft–Walton generator's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Cockcroft-Walton-generator[14].
  • Cockcroft–Walton generator's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778785503[15].
  • Cockcroft–Walton generator's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as accelerador-de-cockcroft-walton[16].

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Designation and Status

Cockcroft–Walton generator's instance of is recorded as invention[5].

History and Context

Things named after include John Cockcroft[6], a physicist[17], 1897–1967[18], of United Kingdom[19], awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour[20], specialised in physics[21] and Ernest Walton[7], a physicist[22], 1903–1995[23], of Ireland[24], awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics[25], specialised in physics[26].

Why It Matters

Cockcroft–Walton generator draws 173 Wikipedia views per month (invention category, ranking #14 of 40).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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