Elektrisk klokkespil

International names:

Electric chimes

Danish Instrument Inventory text:

Electric chimes. Painted wooden basis Dia165. 4 glass pillars Dia14 ending in brass collars and spherical finials, with brass ring horizontally resting on the pillars. 2 brass rods Dia4 L160 connected in a cross carry 4 small bells, one suspended from each arm in brass wire. One larger bell supported at the middle by a silk thread. A brass chain from the middle bell provides earth connection. Small brass spheres in silk suspensions transport electric charges from the 4 small bells to the larger central. H240 app.Not signed1800 app (g)

• Category: Electricity
• Hauch number: K027
• Inventory number: 7340
• Danish Instrument Inventory number: 2183

• Hauch references:
• Begynd.grund: §498
• Cabinet 1: 0

• Literature:
• Sigaud de Lafond : 2,2106
• Cataloque of Mechanical Instruments, Museo di Storia della Scienza, Firenze: 3,198

• Adams(1785) pl.II fig.18
  

  Gehler(1787-96) II p.509 fig.48
  

  Svendsen(1794) I p.10 Fig.5