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Cylinder electrical machine
Typical example of cylinder frictional electrical machine made in England in the last decades of the eighteenth century. Described by Tiberius Cavallo, but the leading maker of this design was George Adams Junior.The glass cylinder can be rotated rapidly by means of the multiplying-wheel arrangement. [...]
Creator
- George Adams junior
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- electrical engineering
Type of item
- Electrostatic machine
- generators
Medium
- mahogany, brass, glass
- Glass
- Mahogany wood
- Brass
- mahogany (wood)
- brass (alloy)
- glass (material)
Creator
- George Adams junior
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- electrical engineering
Type of item
- Electrostatic machine
- generators
Medium
- mahogany, brass, glass
- Glass
- Mahogany wood
- Brass
- mahogany (wood)
- brass (alloy)
- glass (material)
Providing institution
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- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- late 18th cent.
- 1800
- 1781
Places
- London
- London
- United Kingdom
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:414021
Extent
- total height 565 mm, base 530x200 mm, glass cylinder 300x230 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Lorraine collection
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/GeorgeAdamsJunior.html
Year
- 1781
- 1800
Providing country
- Italy