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Aurora Flask Electrostatic Instrument

Inventory Number 82760


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.82760

Item type
Object
Makers
Aurora
Object type
Aurora apparatus
Dimensions
Diameter: 85mm Height: 298mm Weight: 245g
Inventory No
82760

Description

Glass flask with the remains of tinfoil attached to the lower exterior third of the flask; the foil has been mostly removed except for a few remnants. There is a copper alloy stopper inserted into the top of the glass flask with a rounded top and a copper alloy rod which goes into the centre of the flask. It has the number "10" painted and underlined on the side of the flask and a paper adhesive label with "39" printed on it. The remains of red paint are visible on the interior base of the flask.