Title
The wonders of science
Caption
Experiment carried out by the French scientist Louis Guillaume Le Monnier in which he obtained a temporary electric current in a long conductor connected to a Leyden jar. He demonstrated that the speed of propagation of the electric current was almost instantaneous.
1746
Illustration from "Les Merveilles de la science ou description populaire des inventions modernes" written by Louis Figuier and published in 1867 by Furne, Jouvet et Cie.
Date
1867
Credit line
Photo12
Reference
COM23A01_009
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
118,6Mb (9,5Mb) / 24,0in x 19,2in / 7201 x 5758 (300dpi)