- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Philip Harris & Co.
- Provenance
- Unknown
- Primary inscriptions
- 'PHILIP HARRIS & Co LTD. BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND'
- Object type
- Electrostatic Wimshurst machine
- Dimensions
- Height: 358mm Width: 337mm Depth: 260mm Weight: 3.5kg
- Inventory No
- 10014
- Accession Number
- Unknown
Description
A Wimshurst Electrostatic Machine comprised of a wooden base with a metal upright frame holding two glass circular plates with strips of metal lined around the circumference. These glass plates are connected to two Leyden jars by two pairs on brushes, with a spare fabric covered wire.
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