M0014491: The quadrant electrometer from George Adam's essay on electricity, 1784

Date:
February 1956
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/129/36
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Electrical machine from G. Adam's essay

Description

Illustration published in Adams, George: An essay on electricity. In which the theory and practice of that useful science, are illustrated by a variety of experiments, arranged in a methodical manner, London, 1784

Publication/Creation

February 1956

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative: EPB/B/10266

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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