Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10652
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Improved electrical machine at Teyler’s Museum
Date
1795
Creator
Izaac Jansz. de Wit (1744 - 1809, Dutch) , Engraver
After
Wybrand Hendriks (1744 - 1831, Dutch) , Painter
Object type
Library reference
44043
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 206mm
width (print): 500mm
width (print): 500mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Study of the augmented electrostatic generator with conducting rods shown demonstrating an electrical arc discharge. The original machine was designed by John Cuthbertson (bap.1743-d.1821) for Martin van Marum and installed at Teyler’s Museum at Haarlem in the Netherlands.
Plate 1 from Tweede vervolg der proefneemingen gedaan met Teyler’s electrizeer-machine by Martinus van Marum (Haarlemn, 1795).
The plate is inscribed “Pl.I. W. Hendriks, delin. Is. de Wit Janzs sculp.”
Martin van Marum was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1798.
Plate 1 from Tweede vervolg der proefneemingen gedaan met Teyler’s electrizeer-machine by Martinus van Marum (Haarlemn, 1795).
The plate is inscribed “Pl.I. W. Hendriks, delin. Is. de Wit Janzs sculp.”
Martin van Marum was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1798.
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