Glass leyden jar from a d'Arsonval-type high-frequency electrotherapy apparatus

Made:: 1890-1920 in France

maker:: Unknown

Glass leyden jar from a d'Arsonval-type high-frequency
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Glass leyden jar from a d'Arsonval-type high-frequency electrotherapy apparatus, tin foil coating, copper conductors, attached to brass terminal, wooden bracket secures terminal to rim, French, 1890-1920. See note.

Details

Category:: Therapeutics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A658638

Materials:: glass, foil, tin, conductors, copper, terminal, brass and bracket, wood

Measurements:: height 418 mm
with terminal: height 465 mm
rim: diameter 175 mm

type:: batteries

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