Morton-Wimshurst-Holtz Influence Machine
name: label: maker
content: C. W. & R. W. Bowen Company
notes: label: Description
content: Wilhelm Holtz (1836-1913), a German physicist, described a powerful electrical machine in 1865. This Holtz influence machine has 6 rotating disks and 12 stationary glass plates. It may have been made by the Galvano-Faradic Manufacturing Co., a New York City firm that manufactured electrical instruments for physicians, surgeons and domestic use.
label: Description
content: Ref: The Morton-Wimshurst-Holtz Influence Machine for Therapeutical Use and X-Ray Purposes (1895).
label: Description
content: “Morton-Wimshurst-Holtz Influence Machine,” Electrical Age 15 (March 16, 1895): 151-152.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss E. P. Custis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06927.01
label: catalog number
content: M-06927.01
label: accession number
content: 214851
label: catalog number
content: 214851.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Machine, Static
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Static; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 76 in x 55 in x 68 in; 193.04 cm x 139.7 cm x 172.72 cm