A wheelchair belonging to Michael Faraday, designed by Thomas Twining III, ca. 1845, displayed at the Athenaeum Club, London. Photograph, ca. 1930.

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1930
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578407i
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A wheelchair belonging to Michael Faraday, designed by Thomas Twining III, ca. 1845, displayed at the Athenaeum Club, London. Photograph, ca. 1930. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1930

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1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 20.3 x 15.5 cm

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Chair designed by Thomas Twining for Michael Faraday. It could be set at a comfortable angle, flattened out into a bed, or taken to pieces. The wheels could be operated by the person sitting in the chair. Faraday died in this chair, and it is retained as a relic at the Athenaeum [...]

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Wellcome Collection 578407i

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