Objekt 13
Isolated conductor
Description
Thanks to the insulation provided by the glass, the electricity generated by electrifying machines can be stored in the conductor. The device fulfills the same function as the somewhat younger "Leiden bottle".
Object description
around 1800
Brass rod with ball ends, green glass, wooden frame with tripod
probably from Ringier's apparatus, 1811
Deposit Institute of Physics of the University of Basel, Phys. 20.
Inv. 1986.462.