Det elektriske fyrværkeri
International names:
Fulminating tubes, Artíllerie électriqueDanish Instrument Inventory text:
Lightning demonstration. 7 lightning pillars Dia15 H230 with small diamond shaped foils down the tubes to appear as lightning. Mounted on a brass ring Dia295 on 3 screw level feet. The ring has 3 spokes. At the centre is a glass pillar Dia22 H140 extended upwards in a brass point on which can rotate a brass rod L230 with a sphere at each end. Discharge will take place, when the rotating rod approaches the pillars.Ref: Sigaud de la Fond: Description et Usage d'un Cabinet.., 1775, Tome 2, p 343 PL XXIII Fig 5.A.Ganot: Traité de Physique, 1868, p 664.Not signed1800 app (g)
- Category: Electricity
- Hauch number: K063
- Inventory number: 7420
- Danish Instrument Inventory number: 2271
- Hauch references:
- Begynd.grund: §513
- Cabinet 1: 0
- Literature:
- Sigaud de Lafond : 2,2305
- The King George III Collection: E204
Adams(1794) IV pl.II fig.4
Svendsen81794) I p.65
