M0014507: The electrical machine of Chistian August Hausen, 1743

Date:
February 1956
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/129/52
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced January 2022: The electrical machine of Chistian August Hausen, 1743.

Description

Engraving showing the electrical machine of Chistian August Hausen, 1743. The boy suspended from silk cords is acting as a kind of prime conductor. Published in Hausen, Christian August: Novi profectus in historia electricitatis, post obitum auctoris, Lipsiae : T. Schwan, 1743

Publication/Creation

February 1956

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative: EPB/B/27908

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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