Robert J. Van de Graaff was an American physicist best known for inventing the Van de Graaff generator, an electrostatic machine that produces high voltages. Born on December 20, 1901, he developed the generator in the 1930s as a means to accelerate particles for nuclear and atomic research. The Van de Graaff generator uses a moving belt to accumulate electric charge on a hollow metal sphere, allowing it to generate potentials of several million volts.
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