M0020016: Italian prime conductor for use with an electrical machine, late 18th century

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Prime conductor for use with an electrical machine. Late 18th century, Italian, probably from Galvani's laboratory.

Photograph of a prime conductor, probably from Galvani's laboratory. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1916 (accession number R5233)

March 1965

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R5233

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.