Electric egg without stopcock or base
Electric egg without stopcock or base. Electrodes fitted with sockets (possibly for use as an arc lamp)
- Object Number:
- 1982-1663/1
- type:
- electric egg
Miscellaneous items from the Wellcome collection as follows:- (a) Electric egg without stopcock or base; electrodes fitted with sockets (possibly for use as an arc lamp); (b) part of an astatic galvanometer (consists of base, coils, and support for suspended system; wanting astatic needles, suspension fibre, and glass cover); (c) electrical apparatus of unknown purpose; (d) part of an electrostatic chime of bells, by Negretti & Zambra (consists of base, six bells, one broken bell; wanting one bell, insulating column, and metal star); (e) Tube of bottle green glass, used by Faraday, in his experiments on polarised light; (f) lamp housing on heavy cast base; (g) glass lampshade; (h) optical apparatus, probably a form of darkened wedge photometer; (j) pair of solenoids (k) pair of battery or electrolysis jars; (l) electrical testing equipment in case
Electric egg without stopcock or base. Electrodes fitted with sockets (possibly for use as an arc lamp)
Part of an astatic galvanometer (consists of base, coils and support for suspended system; wanting astatic needles, suspension fibre, and glass cover
Electrical apparatus of unknown purpose (base missing and one part replaced with modern glass)
Part of an electrostatic chime of bells by Negretti and Zambra (consists of base, six bells and one broken bell; wanting one bell, insulating column and metal star)
Tube of bottle green glass used by Faraday in his experiments on polarised light
Lamp housing on heavy cast base
Optical apparatus, probably a form of darkened wedge pyrometer (glass wedges broken)
Pair of battery or electrolysis jars
Electrical testing equipment in case