
Title
Experiment with static electricity by Jean-Antoine Nollet
Caption
Experiment with static electricity by Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700-1770) French physicist and cleric. A gun barrel is suspended over the globe of an electrostaticc machine, a chain hanging from it touching the globe. The man standing on a block of rosin and holding a chain attached to the barrel will feel nothing but a second person, left, can draw sparks off him. Engraving from "The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" edited by TH Croker, Thomas Williams and Samuel Clark. (London, 1764). Science. Physics. Electricity.
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