Improved electrical machine at Teyler's Museum Izaac Jansz de Wit
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Improved electrical machine at Teyler's Museum
Study of the augmented electrostatic generator with conducting rods shown demonstrating an electrical arc discharge. The original machine was designed by John Cuthbertson (bap.1743-d.1821) for Martin van Marum and installed at Teyler's Museum at Haarlem in the Netherlands. Plate 1 from Tweede vervolg der proefneemingen gedaan met Teyler's electrizeer-machine by Martinus van Marum (Haarlemn, 1795). The plate is inscribed "Pl.I. W. Hendriks, delin. Is. de Wit Janzs sculp." Martin van Marum was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1798.
Original: line engraving. 1795
- Image reference: RS-10652
- The Royal Society
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