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    Image number: RS.10641
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    Electrical machine at Teyler’s Museum

    Date
    1785
    Creator
    Barend de Backer (Dutch) , Engraver
    Object type
    Library reference
    44039
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 265mm
    width (print): 490mm
    Subject
    Content object
    Description
    Electrostatic generator designed by John Cuthbertson (bap.1743-d.1821) for Martin van Marum and installed at Teyler’s Museum at Haarlem in the Netherlands. Shown with batteries of Leyden jars.

    Plate 6 from Beschryving eene ongemeen groote electrizeer-machine geplaatst in Teyler’s Museum...by Martinus van Marum (Haarlemn, 1785).

    The plate is inscribed ‘Pl. VI. B. de Bakker sculps.’

    Martin van Marum was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1798.
    Associated place
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