Cylinder electrostatic machine with Leyden jar, about 1790, with components
- maker:
- George Adams
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Cylinder electrostatic machine for medical use, made by G
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Cylinder electrostatic machine for medical use, made by G. Adams, Fleet Street, London, 1792, with T-shaped prime conductor, discharging (Lane) electrometer for prime conductor, glass-legged stool, Leyden jar, discharger with glass handle, large and small brass clamps, small double Leyden jar, and miscellaneous other parts including broken remnants. It was owned and used by Dr George Fletcher, M.D., who practiced for 42 years at Chesterfield, and was given to the Museum by his youngest and last surviving child, Mrs. Mary Anne Nodder, in 1889.
Details
- Category:
- Electricity and Magnetism
- Object Number:
- 1889-29
- Measurements:
-
displayed dimensions: 500 x 770 x 680 mm
- credit:
- Mrs M. A. Nodder.
Parts
Insulating stool, wooden top on glass legs
Discharger, glass handle,brass rod, ball ended
Brass clamp for cylinder electrostatic machine
Discharging Lane electrometer for fitting to prime conductor
- Object Number:
- 1889-29 Pt7
- type:
- electrometers
Brass clamp, with 'butterfly' turnscrew
Double Leyden jar (two small jars joined )
- Object Number:
- 1889-29 Pt9
- type:
- leyden jars
Two spherical conductors coated with tinfoil
Base from discharging electrometer
- Object Number:
- 1889-29 Pt12
- type:
- electrometers
Glass curved discharger
Chain from accessories for cylinder electrostatic machine
