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Unidentified, Electrophorus Cover?, English, 19th Century

Inventory Number 42591


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.42591

Item type
Object
Provenance
Not ascertained.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated.
Dimensions
Diameter: 153mm Height: 11mm Weight: 249g
Inventory No
42591

Description

Two items that do not belong together. One is the broken base of crystic resin of a modern reconstruction of a sundial; the other is the copper alloy disc probably the cover of an electrophorus or a condenser plate.