Six-plate Wimshurst electrostatic machine in glazed case, by Harvey & Peak, late W.Ladd & Co., 56 Charing Cross Road, London, England, 1891-1909. Fitted with brass plate indicating that it was item 398 on the inventory of the Solar Physics Observatory at South Kensington (plates 36cm diameter)
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- Category:
- Electricity and Magnetism
- Object Number:
- 1988-1505
- type:
- electrostatic machine
- credit:
- Christie's South Kensington Limited
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