M0020014: An early electrical machine with a sphere of glass mounted on an axle, c.1770

Previous title, replaced July 2022: An early electrical machine, circa 1770. Sphere of glass mounted on an axle.

Photograph of an early electrical machine, c.1770. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and given accession number A119532. It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

January 1965

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.