Electricity
Apparatus demonstrating pointed and ball lightning conductors
Inv. 2693
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Aurora flask
Inv. 423
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Aurora tube
Inv. 1203
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Bifilar suspension electrometer, Palmieri pattern
Inv. 1411
G. Caputo, Naples, 1887
Conductor
Inv. 2703
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Cylinder electrical machine
Inv. 2739
Edward Nairne, London, ca. 1778
Cylinder electrical machine
Inv. 392
George Adams junior, London, late 18th cent.
Device for boring glass
Inv. 3764
Maker unknown, 19th cent.
Drum electrical machine
Inv. 3408
Maker unknown, ca. 1776
Electric bells
Inv. 3116
Maker unknown, second half 19th cent.
Electric pistol, Volta type
Inv. 897
Maker unknown, ca. 1780
Electric pistol, Volta type
Inv. 898
Maker unknown, ca. 1780
Faraday's net
Inv. 387
Maker unknown, first half 19th cent.
Globe electrical machine, Nollet type
Inv. 1341, 1342, 2737
Museo di fisica workshops, ca. 1775
Gold-leaf electroscope
Inv. 441
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Henley quadrant electrometer
Inv. 1199
Edward Nairne, London, second half 18th cent.
Kinnersley electrometer
Inv. 421
Maker unknown, English?, late 18th cent.
Kundt and Cantoni electrical machine
Inv. 507
Maker unknown, ca. 1870
Lane electrometer
Inv. 543
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Lane electrometer and Leyden jar on insulated support
Inv. 1326
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Lane electrometer on Leyden jar
Inv. 446
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Luminous discharge tube
Inv. 852
Maker unknown, English?, late 18th cent.
Luminous discharge tubes
Inv. 850, 851
Maker unknown, English?, late 18th cent.
Modified Carré electrical machine
Dep. LV, Torino
Maker unknown, Turin, ca. 1890
Nairne cylinder electrical machine
Inv. 2736
Edward Nairne, London, 1773
Plate electrical machine
Dep. LV, Torino
Maker unknown, early 19th cent.
Plate electrical machine
Inv. 2705
Maker unknown, English?, second half 18th cent.
Plate electrical machine
Inv. 3909
Maker unknown, second quarter 19th cent.
Plate electrical machine
Inv. 3766
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Portable globe electrical machine
Inv. 444
Edward Nairne, London, ca. 1770
Portable globe electrical machine
Inv. 516
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Portable plate electrical machine
Inv. 2686
Maker unknown, ca. 1775
Portable plate electrical machine
Inv. 2688
Maker unknown, English?, ca. 1775
Portable plate electrical machine
Inv. 2687
Maker unknown, English?, ca. 1775
Portable plate electrical machine
Inv. 2689
Maker unknown, English?, ca. 1775
Portable plate electrical machine
Inv. 374
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Puffer for Lichtenberg figures
Inv. 1257
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Set of mercury friction tubes
Inv. 3765
Maker unknown, first half 18th cent.
Single gold-leaf electroscope, Bohnenberger type
Inv. 2691
Carlo Dell'Acqua, ca. 1850
Small cup for inflaming spirits
Inv. 466
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Spiral conductor
Inv. 2692
Gaetano Cari, 1770
Straw electrometer, Volta type
Inv. 1167
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Straw electrometer, Volta type
Inv. 1188
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Straw electrometer, Volta type
Inv. 1197
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Thunder house
Inv. 1164
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Thunder house
Inv. 1252
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Thunder house
Inv. 1545
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Thunder house
Inv. 1253
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Thunder house
Inv. 1211
Maker unknown, late 18th cent. or later
Thunder obelisk
Inv. 1174
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Tube Leyden-jar
Inv. 2742
Maker unknown, second half 19th cent.
Volta hydrogen lamp
Inv. 1243
Maker unknown, ca. 1790
Volta hydrogen lamp with electrophorus
Inv. 1251
Maker unknown, early 19th cent.
Voltaic detonating-gas eudiometer
Inv. 1627
Maker unknown, ca. 1790
Voltaic pistol
Inv. 1244
Nairne & Blunt firm, London, 1778-1793
Winter plate electrical machine
Inv. 1526
Museo di fisica workshops, second half 19th cent.