Boerhaave Museum Top Collection: Plate electrical machine (Room 16/Showcase VO2)

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Plate electrical machine

object id (inventary #): V09710
dimensions: w 85 cm h: 166 cm d: 100 cm
signature: Cuthbertson | inv. et fecit 1788 Amsterdam
period: 1780
gerelateerde namen: Cuthbertson, John; Amsterdam (Manufacturer)

EXTRA INFO

The Amsterdam researchers Deiman and Paets van Troostwijk used this giant apparatus in order to separate water into two gases, hydrogen and oxygen, by means of electrical discharges. The experiment by these two ‘Dutch Chemists’ supported the new theories of the French chemist Lavoisier.

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