COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
62-194
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62-194
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Record number:
62-194-6
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62-194-6
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JCB call number:
D780 F828h
jcb_call_no
D780 F828h
JCB call number
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Image title:
[Glass armonica]
image_title
[Glass armonica]
Image title
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Place image published:
[Dresden]
place_image_published
[Dresden]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Waltherischen Hofbuchhandlung]
image_publisher
[Waltherischen Hofbuchhandlung]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1780
image_date
1780
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate 7; vol. 2, following p. 442
image_function
fold-out plate 7; vol. 2, following p. 442
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
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engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
16.1 cm.
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16.1 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
12.6 cm.
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12.6 cm.
Image dimension width
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Page dimension height:
19.4 cm.
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19.4 cm.
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false
Page dimension width:
16.9 cm.
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16.9 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
Glass armonica or harmonica. Includes details of a bowl and of another part of the musical instrument made of wood and lead. Items are lettered and numbered for discussion in the text.
description
Glass armonica or harmonica. Includes details of a bowl and of another part of the musical instrument made of wood and lead. Items are lettered and numbered for discussion in the text.
Description
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Source creator:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
source_creator
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Works. German] Des Herrn D. Benjamin Franklin's, Mitglieds der Königlichen Londner und Göttinger Gesellschaften, ... Aus dem Englischen und Französischen übersetzt. ... Zweiter Band, mit kupfern.
source_title
[Works. German] Des Herrn D. Benjamin Franklin's, Mitglieds der Königlichen Londner und Göttinger Gesellschaften, ... Aus dem Englischen und Französischen übersetzt. ... Zweiter Band, mit kupfern.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Dresden
source_place_of_publication
Dresden
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
In der Waltherischen Hofbuchhandlung.
source_publisher
In der Waltherischen Hofbuchhandlung.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1780
source_date
1780
Source date
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notes:
Benjamin Franklin invented this musical instrument in 1761-1762. The glass bowls, mounted on a metal rod, were turned by a foot treadle while being stroked by a wet finger.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.
notes
Benjamin Franklin invented this musical instrument in 1761-1762. The glass bowls, mounted on a metal rod, were turned by a foot treadle while being stroked by a wet finger.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.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Inventions
subject_heads
Inventions
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Glass harmonica
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Glass harmonica
Subject headings
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