Two Objects of Electrostatic Interest
£140
Circa
1820
Country of manufacture
UK and Ireland
Description
1. Glass cylinder, one end with spike and the other a brass ball, set into wax, some losses. Glass cylinder has metal ends, one threaded, with holes either end possibly for introducing gas or evacuating air.
2. Very fragile and partly damaged metal foil covered paper in a roll, one end terminating with a glass rod, the other a brass rod. Marked in ink on handwritted small label ‘Electr. vlak 1820.
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Fletcher
Fletcher Wallis
Fletcher Wallis sells objects and books relating to the history of science, medicine and technology Arcade. He publishes books through Vernier Press, including Antique Medicine Chests, and Corkscrew Patents from 1795. He has been dealing for forty eight years.
