Two glass rods on wooden tripod bases
Two glass rods on wooden tripod bases, broken and incomplete, supports for prime conductor (Pt 5) associated with Ramsden electrical machine but not part of it.
- Object Number:
- 1936-595 Pt1
- type:
- rod
Ramsden electrical machine
- Made:
- 1800-1899
- maker:
- Jesse Ramsden
Ramsden electrical machine
Details
- Category:
- Electricity and Magnetism
- Object Number:
- 1936-595
- type:
- electrical machine
- credit:
- The Royal Institution
Parts
Four pairs of friction pads
Four pairs of friction pads, associated with Ramsden electrical machine but possibly not all belonging to it, also an envelope containing tinfoil and marked "Original tinfoil from outside of Leyden jar of Nairne's machine."
- Object Number:
- 1936-595 Pt2
- type:
- friction pads
Two cylindrical brass conductors
Two cylindrical brass conductors, two U-shaped brass charge collectors, one brass connecting rod, and four glass legs (one broken and part missing) of the prime conductor assembly of Ramsden electrical machine. (Wooden base missing.)
- Object Number:
- 1936-595 Pt3
- type:
- conductors
Stand associated with Ramsden electrical machine
One stand (possibly for a prime conductor) comprising two wooden feet with wooden tie-bar and two glass rods, two additional glass rods (of different type), a prime conductor (which does not fit the stand) consisting of a rusty metal tube and two metallised wooden balls fitting in the ends, a crank handle, a small brass ball on a (bent) metal rod, a long flexible conductor consisting of several rods (one of them on a handle) joined by wires, and a conductor with two hinged joints (one broken); all parts associated with Ramsden electrical machine but not necessarily part of it.
- Object Number:
- 1936-595 Pt4
- type:
- stand
Large prime conductor
Large prime conductor (hollow wooden cylinder with hemispherical ends, foil covered, one end broken off but present), of size to fit on supports listed as Pt 1, associated with Ramsden electrical machine but not originally part of it
Large glass plate
Large glass plate, probably part of Ramsden electrical machine
- Object Number:
- 1936-595 Pt6
- type:
- glass plate
