Priestley electrophorus, upper section
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The upper section of an electrophorus used by Joseph Priestley and donated by his granddaughter. Recorded as a. brass disk with glass handle, so the base section was not included. The glass handle was broken early in the 20th century. The remainder was repaired in 1961 and used to complete an electrophorus found in a demonstration kit (museum catalog number 318507).
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eliza R. Lyon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.078085
label: catalog number
content: 078085
label: accession number
content: 26974
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electrophorus
label: Object Name
content: electrostatic apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/4 in x 5 3/4 in; 33.655 cm x 14.605 cm