MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
31710
Record number:
31710-1
JCB call number:
D751 F831e
Image title:
[Device for testing the action of electricity]
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
[D. Henry, and R. Cave]
Image date:
1754
Image function:
illustration; part 3, p. 135
Technique:
woodcut
Image dimension height:
4.5 cm.
Image dimension width:
10.6 cm.
Page dimension height:
20.9 cm.
Page dimension width:
15.6 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Diagram of an experiment involving two electrified vials or jars, one held by the glass, the other held by its hook. Items are lettered and numbered for discussion in the text.
Source creator:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Source Title:
Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America, ...
Source place of publication:
London
Source date:
1751
notes:
Text describes the experiment designed to determine whether the coating of an electrified vial was charged. The experiment is described in a letter from David Colden of New York to Benjamin Franklin dated December 4, 1753.Published in three parts between 1751 and 1754. Part 3 has the title New experiments and observations on electricity. made at Philadelphia in America. ...
Time Period:
1751-1800
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings:
Electricity--Experiments

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