Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10642
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Cuthbertson’s electrometer
Date
1785
Creator
Barend de Backer (Dutch) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
44039
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 265mm
width (print): 207mm
width (print): 207mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Electrometer designed and made by John Cuthbertson (bap.1743-d.1821) for Martin van Marum and used at Teyler’s Museum at Haarlem in the Netherlands. Shown attached to an electrical conducting rod.
Plate 1 from a supplement to Beschryving eene ongemeen groote electrizeer-machine geplaatst in Teyler’s Museum...by Martinus van Marum (Haarlemn, 1785).
The plate is inscribed ‘Pl. I*. The engraver is not credited.
Martin van Marum was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1798.
Plate 1 from a supplement to Beschryving eene ongemeen groote electrizeer-machine geplaatst in Teyler’s Museum...by Martinus van Marum (Haarlemn, 1785).
The plate is inscribed ‘Pl. I*. The engraver is not credited.
Martin van Marum was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1798.
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