M0014510: Two electrical machines

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Plate VI from Priestley, Joseph: <i>The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments, volume 2</i>, London : C. Bathurst & T. Lowndes, 1775. The first machine is by an unknown designer and has a rack-and-pinion drive. The second is
Read's electrical machine with a Lane's electrometer, particularly for medical electricity. Related images: M0014509

M0014510: Two electrical machines

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