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Device for boring glass
Apparatus used to pierce strips of paper, or even thin glass, by means of the electrical charge between two point electrodes. Jean-Antoine Nollet devised this experiment c. 1740, in an attempt to prove his theory of two electric fluids by the appearance of the holes punctured by the discharge in the [...]
Creator
- Jean-Antoine Nollet
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- Electric discharger for puncturing cards
- scientific instruments
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 19th cent.
- 18XX
- 1900
- 1801
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:414062
Extent
- total height 185 mm, base 124x75 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Lorraine collection
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/JeanAntoineNollet.html
Year
- 1801
- 1900
Providing country
- Italy