Boerhaave Museum Top Collection: Electricity and light: Static electricity

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Room 16 Showcase V10

Static electricity

By about 1800 experiments with electrostatic generators had ceased to bring anything of scientific interest to light. But for the amateur it remained an enjoyable pursuit, and instrument makers marketed a variety of electrostatic ‘toys’.

Thunder church [V08999]

Head with hair [V09375]

Cylindrical electrostatic generator [V09376]

Volta cannon [V09380]

Leyden jar on stand [V09384]

Electrostatic experimental kit [V09400]

Cannoneer [V09420]

Lightning painting [V09421]

Elderberry pith doll [V09422]

Elderberry pith doll [V09423]

Electric thermometer after Kinnersley [V17881]

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