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Kundt and Cantoni electrical machine
This incomplete and restored generator is probably based on the pattern invented by August Adolph Kundt in 1868 and modified by the physicist Giovanni Cantoni in 1869.The machine combines induction and friction. The single glass disk is rotated rapidly by a system of pulley wheels and is rubbed on one [...]
Creator
- August Adolph Kundt, Giovanni Cantoni
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- electrical engineering
Type of item
- Electrostatic machine
- generators
Medium
- mahogany, brass, ebonite, glass
- Glass
- Mahogany wood
- Brass
- mahogany (wood)
- brass (alloy)
- glass (material)
Creator
- August Adolph Kundt, Giovanni Cantoni
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- electrical engineering
Type of item
- Electrostatic machine
- generators
Medium
- mahogany, brass, ebonite, glass
- Glass
- Mahogany wood
- Brass
- mahogany (wood)
- brass (alloy)
- glass (material)
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- ca. 1870
- 1870~
- 1870~
- 1870
- 1870
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:414030
Extent
- total height 603 mm, base 705x335 mm, glass disk diameter 545 mm, thickness 3.9 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/AugustAdolphKundt.html
Year
- 1870
Providing country
- Italy