Title
The wonders of science
Caption
The "power of points" experiment carried out by the Swiss physicist Jean Jallabert in 1748: a pointed body has the power to lead the electrical charge into the ground.
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_024
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
128,5Mb (10,7Mb) / 25,2in x 19,8in / 7555 x 5944 (300dpi)