Electrical arcs Electrical arcs Size:L: 90 x 30cm A cooper or barrel maker

A cooper or barrel maker with his tools and materials

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the future King Edward VII

Electrical arcs Electrical arcs Size:L: 90 x 30cm A cooper or barrel makerDetail of two figures showing forms of electrical arcs between a primary and receiving conducting spheres: figure 1 shows a branched 'lighting' arc; figure 2 a sinuous powered by the electrostatic generator and associated conducting machinery designed by John Cuthbertson (bap. 1743 d. 1821) for Martin van Marum. and installed at Teyler's Museum at Haarlem in the Netherlands. Plate 3 from Beschryving eene ongemeen groote electrizeer machine geplaatst