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.