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LicenseRectangular insulating stand, mahogany with glass legs
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Insulating table. Black background.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Rectangular insulating stand, mahogany with glass legs, English or French, 1850-1900
This small insulating platform was a simple but often crucial part of any therapeutic or experimental set up of electrical equipment. If an animal or human subject, or a piece of equipment, needs to be insulated from the ground, they can be placed on such a platform – which were made in a range of sizes. As glass doesn’t conduct electricity, any charge that is applied to what is sitting on the platform will not simply leak away through the process known as earthing.
Details
- Category:
- Therapeutics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A671734
- Materials:
- top, mahogany and legs, glass
- Measurements:
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overall: 145 mm x 305 mm x 245 mm, 1.81kg
- type:
- insulating table
