Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10656
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Waterspouts
Date
1840
Creator
Paul Legrand (French) , Printmaker
After
Antoine Germain Bevalet (1779 - 1850, French) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
27139
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 281mm
width (print): 203mm
width (print): 203mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Study of waterspouts at sea, intended to illustrate the attractive force of electrical clouds (eg thunderclouds).
Plate 3 figure 21 from Traité de l électricité et du magnétisme...Atlas... by Antoine César Becquerel (Paris, 1840).
The plate is headed “TROMBES” and inscribed “Dessine par M.Bevalet. Gravé
par Paul Legrand.”
Antoine César Becquerel (1788-1878) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1837.
Plate 3 figure 21 from Traité de l électricité et du magnétisme...Atlas... by Antoine César Becquerel (Paris, 1840).
The plate is headed “TROMBES” and inscribed “Dessine par M.Bevalet. Gravé
par Paul Legrand.”
Antoine César Becquerel (1788-1878) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1837.
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