Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Devices for testing the action of electricity]
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Accession number:
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31708
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Record number:
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31708-1
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JCB call number:
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D751 F831e
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Image title:
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[Devices for testing the action of electricity]
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Creator 1:
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T. Jefferys
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Creator 1 role:
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sculp.
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[E. Cave]
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Image date:
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1751
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; part 1, following p. 72
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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18.9 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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13 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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21.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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34.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Bottles, wire, wax blocks, book, a sheet of leaf brass or Dutch gold (fig. X), and rings arranged so as to test the movement of electricity from one place to another. Includes man standing on a piece of wax in a "sentry box" to draw lightning from the sky while being protected. Items are lettered and numbered for discussion in the text.
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Source creator:
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
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Source Title:
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Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America, ...
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed and sold by E. Cave, at St. John's Gate.
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Source date:
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1751
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notes:
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Text describes the experiments carried out by each of these apparatuses and the results obtained.Published in three parts between 1751 and 1754. Part 1 has the title Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America, ... Cf. 62-194-2 for a later version of this plate published in Dresden, 1780 and 32060-1 for an earlier version published in Leipzig, 1758.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Electricity--Experiments
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