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Benjamin Wilson

British painter and scientist (1721-1788)

Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
Galileo Museum

This device was described by Benjamin Wilson in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1778 to demonstrate that the lightning conductor should end in a ball rather than a point.The large Leyden jar, is placed in a wooden container and supp…

Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

By Dr Hoadly, and Mr Wilson, Fellows of the Royal Society..; With a half-title.; Price from half-title: "[Price One Shilling and Six-pence]".; …

Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

The second edition, with additions.; With 'An account of a great number of phosphori, discovered by J.B. Beccari, ..' separately paginated.- With a final leaf of advertisements.; ESTC,. T47478