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Electrostatics

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  • Electricity: an electrometer attached to an electro-static generator. Engraving, 1769.
  • Electricity: a large electro-static generator machine in use in the Colosseum, London, with many condenser jars and four operators. Wood engraving, 1839.
  • Electricity: J. Cuthbertson's electro-static generator, batteries, etc. Engraving, 1804, by W. Lowry.
  • Electricity: a large electro-static generator, on an isolating frame [?]. Engraving.
  • Electricity: electro-static equipment. Engraving, [late 18th century].
  • Electricity: condenser jars, an electro-static generator, and a vase with flowers. Gouache painting.
  • Electricity: scientific and electrical equipment. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1850, after himself.
  • Electricity: J. Cuthbertson's electro-static generator. Engraving, 1804, by W. Lowry.
  • Electricity: electro-static equipment, showing earthing and spark discharge [?]. Engraving, [18th century].
  • Electricity: various belt-driven electro-static generators. Engraving, 1812 [by W. Lowry ?].
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    Electricity: electro-static equipment. Engraving, [late 18th century].

    | Reference: 47531i
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    Principes d'électricité, contenant plusieurs théorêmes appuyés par des expériences nouvelles, avec une analyse des avantages supérieurs des conducteurs élevés et pointus. ... Par Milord Mahon, ... Ouvrage traduit de l'anglois, par Mr. l'abbé N..... ...

    Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816. | Date: 1781
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    Manual of static electricity in X-ray and therapeutic uses / by S.H. Monell ; illustrated.

    Monell, S. H. (Samuel Howard), -1918. | Date: 1900 [©1897]
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    Electricity: a large electro-static generator, on an isolating frame [?]. Engraving.

    | Reference: 47541i
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    Lectures on electricity / by James Ferguson, F.R.S.

    Ferguson, James, 1710-1776. | Date: 1825
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