M0012622: Illustration of an electrostatic machine designed by Francis Hauksbee

Previous title, replaced August 2022: Electro-static machine; F. Hanksbee

Photograph of an illustration of an electrostatic machine designed by Francis Hauksbee. This reproduction was made from Hauksbee, Francis; Physico-mechanical experiments on various subjects, containing an account of several surprizing phaenomena touching light and electricity. Producible on the attrition of bodies…, London : Printed by R. Brugis, for the author, 1709.

July 1952

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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

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.

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