<i>Experiments on the Air Pump – New System of Aerology</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1788
notes: label: Description
content: This engraving with 30 figures represnting Experiments with the Air Pump appeared in the third volume of William Henry Hall, <i>The New Royal Encyclopaedia or, Complete Modern Dictionary of Arts and Sciences</i> (London, 1788). It illustrated the “Aerology” article in volume one. The text at bottom reads “Published According to Act of Parliament by C. Cooke No 17 Paternoster Row, Sept. 13, 1788.” Charles Cooke was an eminent and entrepreneurial publisher and bookseller in London.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Prints from the Physical Sciences Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.330439
label: catalog number
content: 330439
label: accession number
content: 290940
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 8 in; 22.86 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 13/16 in x 9 in; 35.08375 cm x 22.86 cm