electrophorus
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An electrophorus in two sections: an upper section consisting of a wooden plate with a glass handle and brass fittings; and a lower section consisting of a wooden base plate and a mica(?) sheet. An 1897 catalog sheet reports: "This piece of apparatus, with [catalog numbers] 181546 to 181553, inclusive, was brought from the upper room in the South Tower of the Smithsonian Institution [castle], July 6, 1897. These were found with a lot of other apparatus, formerly on exhibition in the Smithsonian, and are supposed to have been made for Prof. Joseph Henry and used by him."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From the Smithsonian Institution
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.181545
label: catalog number
content: 181545
label: accession number
content: 32407
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electrophorus
label: Object Name
content: Electrostatic Apparatus
label: Other Terms
content: Electrostatic Apparatus; Electrostatic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: bottom section: 2 in x 21 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 55.245 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/4 in x 21 3/4 in; 46.355 cm x 55.245 cm
label: Measurements
content: top section: 17 in x 19 in; 43.18 cm x 48.26 cm