battery for absolute electroscope
Date: circa 1858
Inventory Number: DW0779b
Classification: Battery
Subject:
Maker: M. Leyser ? (fl. 1850 - 1880)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
8.1 × 18 × 11 cm (3 3/16 × 7 1/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
Accessories: leather case; is part of electroscope DW0779a
Description:
From Instrument Card: Small 24 cell storage bettery glass tubes with eletrodes mounted on board in 24 socket holes.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedon a plate on the leather storage case is inscribed SCHLAGINTWEIT / EL. BAT. / 54
Historical AttributesPart of the collection of instruments used in the expedition of the Schlagintweit brothers to Asia.
ProvenanceAcquired by David Wheatland in Germany, 1959.
