A catalogue of optica, mathematical, and philosophical instruments, made and sold by W. and S. Jones / [William Jones].

  • William Jones
Date:
[1830]
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Credit: A catalogue of optica, mathematical, and philosophical instruments, made and sold by W. and S. Jones / [William Jones]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    L J £. s. A. An electrical star.. .... 0 1 6 Balls of wood, bone, &c. each from 1?. 6d. to. O 5 O A magic electrical bottle,that is charged only by the rubbing of a ribbon, and will give small shocks, with apparatus in a case... 0 10 6 A curious collection of working models, to be set in motion by the electrical fluid, consisting of a corn mill and a three- barrelled water pump, worked by one crank only ; an or¬ rery, shewing the diurnal motion of the earth, age, and phases of the moon, &c. -, an astronomical clock, shewing the aspects of the sun and moon, age, phases, &c. all deli¬ cately made of card-paper, cork, and wire only, packed in a deal case ............ 3 3 O Kinnersley’s electrical air thermometer.. . 1 1 () Cavallo’s atmospherical electrometer.i. O 10 6 Ditto, as improved by Saussure. 1 1 O Bennet’s gold-leaf electrometer. O IS O Ditto with condenser. 1 8 O The new discharging electrometer, by which the forces are denoted by grain weights. ] TS O The Medical Apparatus for machines, consists of Jars with electrometers, from 12s. to. 1 1 o A new medical ditto, for communicating shocks in the most convenient and qualified manner. O 8 O A pair of directors, glass handles, wood points, &c. O 8 O An electrometer to apply to the conductor. O 6 6 A brass ball and wire for taking sparks, 4s. 6d. to. 0 6 6 Electrical insulated stools and chairs, from \2s. to. 5 5 O A glass for the eye. o 4 6 Ditto for the ear. O 2 6 A variety of other apparatus too numerous to be inserted herein, which, as well as the machines, are mounted after the most approved and eligible methods, so as to render them in action both powerful and permanent. For a description of electrical apparatus, see the fate Mr. G. Adams’ Essay on Elec¬ tricity, by W. Jones, 8 vo. six plates', new edition, price 1 Os', in boards. Volta’s new Galvanic pile of zinc, and silver, or copper, &c. plates, that produces spontaneous and repeated electricity, decomposes water, fuses wire, &c. from l/. 18r. to.... , „ 6 1(5 6 Zinc plates for ditto, sold separately, per 1 00. O 15 O Ditto, of zinc & copper square plates in mahogany troughs, to form theVoltaic or Galvanic Battery, of 50,2-inch plates 2 2 0 Do. 3-inch plates... 3 3 O Do. 4-inch plates for deflagration, &c. 4 14 (> Do. new improved sort, with twelve double suspended plates. 2 6 O Batteries of five, six, seven, &c. inch plates to order. New apparatus for examplifying electro magnetism and electrodynamics .fiom 2/. 2s. Od. to 16 16 0 An electrophorus, complete, from 10s. 6d. to. 3 3 O The electric multiplier or doubler.15.?. to 2 2 O Conductors for preservation of ships, houses, &c. from 3l.3s. to 5 5 q A new perpetual inflammable air lamp, lighted by the electrophorus, a curious and useful apparatus.. 4 14 (j Dobereiner’s new contrived hydro platinum lamp, producing
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