Fur static electric pad
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Brown fur pelt used in static electricity generation. Identified on box as mink but may be ferret fur thru conversations with outside restorationists in the field of electrostatics. Consultation took place in the mid 1980s while restoring the friction machine for educational demonstrations related to the "Static Hall" exhibition.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
label: Exhibition
content: The Electric Dr. Franklin
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0040.05
label: accession number
content: 2021.0040
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0040.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Skin, Mink?
label: Object Name
content: skin, ferret
label: Object Name
content: skin, ferrettte
label: Object Name
content: ferret fur
label: Object Name
content: animal fur
label: Other Terms
content: Skin, Mink?; Electrostatic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: approx.: 1 in x 9 in x 15 in; 2.54 cm x 22.86 cm x 38.1 cm