- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Dollond
- Provenance
- Pres. by King James College, Henley-on-Thames per Mrs. Parkins Part of a collection of physics apparatus donated by King James College including, primarily, a Wimshurst Machine (acc. 1982-6), a turbine (1982-7) an air pump (1982-8) and a clamp (1982-10)
- Dimensions
- Height: 357mm Width: 357mm Depth: 160mm Weight: 4.55kg
- Inventory No
- 58270
- Accession Number
- 1982-6/2-8
Description
A wooden table with four glass legs. Two wooden square plates with a red coil on each, both have two copper alloy pegs attached to the top of them. A wooden stand with a thin copper alloy tube attached. A wooden rod with handle coated in a rubber like material. A copper alloy tube with a Bone handled adjustment screw. A wooden shelf with two circular holes, one containing a broken glass tube filled with metal shavings and a wooden stop with what looks like gold dust on the inside of the tube. The other hole is empty. The piece of the tube is present with a copper alloy rod and red wood stopper. Two Leyden Jars and an envelope containing five clips for the Wimshurst machine.
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