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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62-194
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Record number:
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62-194-2
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JCB call number:
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D780 F828h
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Image title:
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[Devices for testing the action of electricity]
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Place image published:
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[Dresden]
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Image publisher:
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[Waltherischen Hofbuchhandlung]
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Image date:
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1780
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Image function:
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fold-out plate 1; vol. 1, following p. 502
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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17.4 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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10.8 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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19.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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14 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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[Works. German] Des Herrn D. Benjamin Franklin's, Mitglieds der Königlichen Londner und Göttinger Gesellschaften, ... Aus dem Englischen und Französischen übersetzt. ... Erster Band, mit kupfern.
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Source place of publication:
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Dresden
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Source publisher:
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In der Waltherischen Hofbuchhandlung.
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Source date:
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1780
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notes:
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Text describes the experiments carried out by each of these apparatuses and the results obtained.Echeverria and Wilkie state that this translation is a combination of Barbeau-Dubourg's 1773 edition and Vaughn's 1779 edition of Franklin's works.Cf. 32060-1 for an earlier version of this plate, minus one of the diagrams, published in Leipzig, 1758 and 31708-1 for an earlier version published in London, 1751.
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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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