Title |
Electrical Machine. |
Title |
Electrostatic Machine |
Date |
Ca. 1742-1747 |
Physical Description |
Walnut, glass, iron, leather ; 59 x 28 x 24 inches. |
Is referenced by |
Talbott, Page, ed., Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World. New Haven and London: Yale University, 2005, p. 185. |
Notes |
The Electrical Machine is a static energy generator that works by rubbing the leather pad against the spinning glass globe
to produce a static electrical charge in the globe. Franklin owned this apparatus and used it in his experiments and demonstations.
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LCP Minutes vol. 3, June 12, 1792, p. 312: Benjamin Franklin Bache presented to the Company the Machine, which Doctor Franklin
first used to make Experiments in Electricity.
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Gift of Benjamin Franklin Bache, 1792. |
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Exhibited in: University of Pennsylvania's exhibition, Benjamin Franklin Winston Churchill (1951); Benjamin Franklin: In Search
of a Better World (2005-2007).
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Subject |
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. |
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Electricity -- Experiments. |
Associated name |
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner. |
Location |
OBJ 609 |
Accession number |
OBJ 609 |