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Pith Ball Versorium Electroscope, English, c. 1830

Inventory Number 96440


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.96440

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Old Chemical Laboratory (Inorganic Chemical Laboratory), Oxford.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Physical material
Wood
Copper Alloy
Pith
Dimensions
Diameter: 133mm Height: 500mm Weight: 0.45kg
Inventory No
96440

Description

Glass rod on a wooden pedestal terminating in a metal ball with an Iron point protruding at the top and a metal hook to the side. The brass indicator, terminated by two gilded pith balls, is pivoted on the glass rod.