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Shelfmark: 20090-0000 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM  (Paris France) Suggestions & Corrections  
Type: instrument
Dimension: H.: 17; W.: 10; L.: 10; Mass: 450 g.
 
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Thematic group: Instruments 
Type: apparatus
Abstract: Electroscope (?). Triangular glass vessel formed of three vertical glass plates, all cemented (?) together at edges, and closed with triangular brass cover carrying two brass terminals, one central on screw with milled edge and the other near a corner of the cover with insulated collar. The lower side of the brass is heavily coated with wax. It is not clear how the second terminal is insulated, as it screws into the brass cover.
 
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Person City Cronology   Position
name: -
name: Paris
date/range: 1952
date of: donation
epoch: 20 (2°)
name: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
resp.: owner
name: Paris
date/range: 1775
date of: construction
epoch: 18 (2°)
 
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Physics Apparatus Electroscope

 
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