Wimshurst machine

Made:: 1901-1908 in London

maker:: W Watson and Sons

Wimshurst machine, in cabinet, badly broken, by Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England, 1901-1908.

Details

Category:: Therapeutics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A639436

Materials:: cabinet, oak, machine plates, glass and machine fittings, iron

Measurements:: height 1482 mm
length 820 mm
width 522 mm

type:: electrostatic machines

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Wimshurst machine

Wimshurst machine

Wimshurst machine, in cabinet, badly broken, by Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England, 1901-1908.

Measurements:: height 1482 mm
length 820 mm
width 522 mm

Materials:: cabinet, oak , machine plates, glass and machine fittings, iron

Object Number:: A639436/1

type:: electrostatic machines

Broken disc from Wimshurst machine

Broken disc from Wimshurst machine

Ten pieces of broken Wimshurst discs, from Wimshurst machine, in cabinet, badly broken, by Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England, 1901-1908

Object Number:: A639436/2

type:: disk

Metal plate from Wimshurst machine

Metal plate from Wimshurst machine

Metal plate, from Wimshurst machine, in cabinet, badly broken, by Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England, 1901-1908

Object Number:: A639436/3

type:: component - object

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component of Wimshurst machine

Rod with electrode on top, component of Wimshurst machine, in cabinet, badly broken, by Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England, 1901-1908

Object Number:: A639436/4

type:: component - object

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component, possibly electrode, of Wimshurst machine, in cabinet, badly broken, by Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England, 1901-1908

Object Number:: A639436/5

type:: component - object

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component, possibly electrode, of Wimshurst machine, in cabinet, badly broken, by Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England, 1901-1908

Object Number:: A639436/6

type:: component - object

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component, possibly electrode, of Wimshurst machine, in cabinet, badly broken, by Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England, 1901-1908

Object Number:: A639436/7

type:: component - object

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component, rod with hook, of Wimshurst machine, in cabinet, badly broken, by Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England, 1901-1908

Object Number:: A639436/8

type:: component - object

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component of Wimshurst machine, in cabinet, badly broken, by Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England, 1901-1908

Object Number:: A639436/9

type:: component - object

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component of Wimshurst machine, in cabinet, badly broken, by Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England, 1901-1908

Object Number:: A639436/10

type:: component - object

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component of Wimshurst machine, in cabinet, badly broken, by Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England, 1901-1908

Object Number:: A639436/11

type:: component - object

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component, with wheel, of Wimshurst machine, in cabinet, badly broken, by Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England, 1901-1908

Object Number:: A639436/12

type:: component - object

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component, rod, of Wimshurst machine, in cabinet, badly broken, by Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England, 1901-1908

Object Number:: A639436/13

type:: component - object

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component, rectangular object with crank handle, of Wimshurst machine, in cabinet, badly broken, by Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England, 1901-1908

Object Number:: A639436/14

type:: component - object

Component of Wimshurst machine

Component of Wimshurst machine

Plastic bag containing screws, a cable, and broken pieces, from Wimshurst machine, in cabinet, badly broken, by Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England, 1901-1908

Object Number:: A639436/15

type:: component - object