Electrostatic demonstration device
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A flat wooden base with two brass uprights, each having a mercury cup and associated trough (possibly for an Arago disc). Unit is incomplete. There's a hole in the center of each trough, possibly for a pin. May have been made by James Marsh of Woolwich (1794–1846). U. of Va. mark: "H-5"
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 University of Virginia, Department of Physics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.323369.01
label: catalog number
content: 323369.01
label: accession number
content: 251562
label: collector/donor number
content: H-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Demonstration Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 9 1/2 in x 13 in; 14.605 cm x 24.13 cm x 33.02 cm