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Electric machines

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  • A machine for an electrified garden: fashionably-dressed men and women are shown in a glasshouse, observing a selection of plants which have been attached to a large machine. Etching, ca. 1755.
  • An electrical machine: a man is shown demonstrating a table-top electrical machine to a young woman. Etching, 1760/1790.
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Catalogue

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    The description and use of Nairne's patent electrical machine / with the addition of some philosophical experiments, and medical observations.

    Nairne, Edward, 1726-1806. | Date: 1793
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    A sketch: or, short description of [Dr.] Graham's medical apparatus, &c. Erected about the beginning of the year 1780, [n his house], on the Royal [Terrace], Adelphi, London / [Anon].

    Graham, James, 1745-1794. | Date: 1780
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    A machine for an electrified garden: fashionably-dressed men and women are shown in a glasshouse, observing a selection of plants which have been attached to a large machine. Etching, ca. 1755.

    | Date: [1755?] | Reference: 568045i
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    The description and use of Nairne's patent electrical machine : with the addition of some philosophical experiments and medical observations.

    Nairne, Edward, 1726-1806. | Date: 1783
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    Catalogue descriptif du matériel électrothérapique / construit par A. Gaiffe.

    Gaiffe, A. | Date: 1889
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