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Description: | L.E.S.60. (old departmental number in aluminium paint). [4] ? (old number in red cellire abscured by a layer of back cellire). MANU Unsigned. [circa 1796] DES after SAUSSURE,Horace,Benedict,de 1766 Geneva, Switzerland. DES after GILBERT,William. 1600 London, England This instrument was used to demonstrate that charged particles of the same sign repel one another. It was also used as a qualitative assessment of the strength of the charge.
This is a simple electroscope, used to detect a static electric charge. Static electricity can be produced in two forms; one positive the other negative. Like charges repel and unlike charges attract. The charge collects on the brass rod and is then transferred to two small balls which causes them to fly apart. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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