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Description: | L.E.S. 27. (old departmental catalogue number iin aluminium paint. BAIRD & TATLOCK GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH (on a makers ivory or bone trade plate) MANU Baird & Tatlock Glasgow and Edinburgh. circa 1900 40, Renfield Street, Glasgow, Scotland. DES after ADAMS,George,Junior. 1787 60, Fleet street, London, England. DES after WATSON,William,Sir. 1757 [London], [England]. This is an Aurora Borealis apparatus, sometimes called an aurora tube or electric egg. It consists of a glass egg with a conductor on top and an adjustable spark gap inside. It was used to demonstrate electrical discharges in rarefied air or other gases. It has a stopcock and is mounted on a wooden base but can be unscrewed so that it can be filled appropriately. | 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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