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Rod for Electrostatic machine
Rod for Electrostatic machine

Rod for Electrostatic machine

Datecirca 1820
Inventory NumberDW0437k
ClassificationElectrostatic Machine
Subject
    Dimensions96.2 x 53.7 x 48.9 cm, 21 lb. (37 7/8 x 21 1/8 x 19 1/4 in., 9.5 kg)
    AccessoriesHas glass fragments, wool plates, glass plates, wood handle, base, rod and envelope that says : "BROKEN GLASS WITH CARE"
    Signedunsigned
    Curatorial Remarksmeasurement is of largest instrument from Saul Moskowitz Marblehead 7-14-71 780 Lot 30
    ProvenanceDavid Wheatland purchased from Saul Moskowitz, Marblehead, Massachusetts, July 14, 1971.
    Rod for Electrostatic machine
    Date: circa 1820
    Accessories: Has glass fragments, wool plates, glass plates, wood handle, base, rod and envelope that says : "BROKEN GLASS WITH CARE"
    Object number: DW0437j
    Electrostatic machine and Various Parts
    Date: circa 1820
    Accessories: Has glass fragments, wool plates, glass plates, wood handle, base, rod and envelope that says : "BROKEN GLASS WITH CARE". See related records
    Object number: DW0437a-k
    Wooden base for Electrostatic machine in Various Parts
    Date: circa 1820
    Accessories: Has glass fragments, wool plates, glass plates, wood handle, base, rod and envelope that says : "BROKEN GLASS WITH CARE". See related records
    Object number: DW0437a
    Wimshurst electrostatic machine
    James W. Queen & Company
    Date: circa 1890
    Accessories: two fragments of glass wheel bound separately as (b) and (c)
    Object number: 1997-1-0644a,b,c
    Wooden box containing uncoated glass plates of different thicknesses
    Date: circa 1885
    Accessories: Made to hold 6 glass plates 18 cm x 12.3cm but there are 7 glass plates in it. 3 plates are 2mil thick and 4 plates 1 mil thick
    Object number: 1988-0012
    electrical machine glass pieces
    Central Scientific Company
    Date: early 20th Century
    Accessories: 4 glass discs with holes, 3 broken pieces of an electrostatic plate; 2 halves of an older electrostatic plate; 4 large broken glass pieces
    Object number: 1997-1-0695
    balsam bottle
    American
    Date: ca. 1900-1940
    Accessories: cover, glass rod, card that says "Balsam Bottles"
    Object number: 1997-1-1983
    Raspail-type dissecting and aquatic simple microscope
    Charles-Louis Chevalier
    Date: 1830-1850
    Accessories: 3 dissecting needles; 1 probe handle w/out needle; 5 lenses signed Charles Chevalier; 2 glass stage plates; long microscope eyepiece (unrelated); case, drawer with key.
    Object number: 1989-4-0017
    Galvano-Faradic electrical therapy machine
    Accessories: two broken fragments of marble and one broken fragment of bakelite, placed in small archival baggie.
    Object number: 2008-1-0078
    Set of Wratten filters in case
    Eastman Kodak Company
    Date: circa 1920
    Accessories: none SET OF 5 GLASS FILTERS: #49, 73, 72, 49, 62. Each filter 5x5cm, glass sandwich with filter between plates
    Object number: 1988-0011
    Hering-type simultaneous contrast apparatus
    Rudolph Rothe
    Date: circa 1891
    Accessories: colored glass plates (7); cards (2); prism
    Object number: WJ0031
    surveyor's compass
    Charles Pool
    Date: 1820-1835
    Accessories: carrying case; ball-and-socket joint; extra needle; plumb bob; glass vial; brass plates
    Object number: 5194