A way to measure the voltage inside the rotating frame

A while ago I came across this very simple circuit which is pretty much a highly sensitive electroscope.

http://amasci.com/emotor/chargdet.html

I believe this can be leveraged in a homopolar generator setup to detect the polarization of a spinning wire or disk. See the attached image as an example.

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