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Metallic oxide tints
Date
1804
Object type
Library reference
R68357
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Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 260mm
width (print): 260mm
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Description
Metallic oxide tints, produced when a battery is discharged through a fine metallic wire, causing it to explode. From left to right: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin and lead. Illustration from Elements of galvanism, in theory and practice, by Charles Henry Wilkinson (London, 1804) the 'Lecturer on Galvanism in Soho-square'.
Elements of was an early history of galvanism and Galvani's experiments in the 1780s and 1790s, and a practical manual showing how to perform experiments in 'animal electricity'.
Elements of was an early history of galvanism and Galvani's experiments in the 1780s and 1790s, and a practical manual showing how to perform experiments in 'animal electricity'.
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