Brass disc fitted with glass handle and small brass discharging sphere

Made:
1828 in London
maker:
Watkins & Hill
Brass disc fitted with glass handle and small brass discharging

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Brass disc fitted with glass handle and small brass discharging
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Brass disc fitted with glass handle and small brass discharging sphere, part of an electrophorus believed to have been made by Watkins & Hill in 1828 and sold for #2-12-6

Details

Category:
Science Teaching
Object Number:
1983-472
Materials:
brass and glass
type:
disc with glass handle
credit:
University College London, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy