M0012621: Illustration of an electrical machine invented by Otto von Guericke

Date:
July 1952
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/112/85
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2022: The first electrical machine invented by Otto von Guericke.

Description

Photograph of an illustration of an electrical machine invented by Otto von Guericke. This reproduction was made from Guericke, Otto von; Experimenta nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de vacuo spatio, primùm à r. p. Gaspare Schotto …, Amstelodami : J. Janssonium à Waesberge, 1672.

Publication/Creation

July 1952

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds copies of the EPB from which the image depicted in the glass plate negative has been reproduced.

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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