Electrostatic demonstration device
name: label: maker
content: Marsh, James
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A circular wooden cup with two troughs, brass stand in center and a brass upright on the side. Upright has a mercury cup on top, another brass mercury cup is on the side of the wooden cup. Unit is mounted on a wooden base stand that has a label on the bottom reading: "J. Marsh / Woolwich, / Invent et Fecit." Made by James Marsh of Woolwich (1794–1846). U. of Va. mark: "H-50".
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.323369.09
label: catalog number
content: 323369.09
label: accession number
content: 251562
label: collector/donor number
content: H-50
objectType: label: Object Name
content: demonstration apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: stand only: 3 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 11.43 cm
label: Measurements
content: trough only: 8 in x 5 in x 4 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 12.7 cm x 11.43 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 5 in x 4 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 12.7 cm x 11.43 cm