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Description: | Tongs with insulated handles for discharging Leyden jars. Glass handle attached to brass tongs with sealing wax insulated joint; tongs can be opened to an adjustable angle. Likely to be one of Copland's "Discharging rod, jointed, glass handle" two of which are mentioned in the 1823 inventory. | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDNP University of Aberdeen, Natural Philosophy Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1780-1800 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Copland (?) | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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