Electrical instruments Surviving artifact

Science History Institute Wimshurst machine

Date not specified in published image record

Speculative use · Tartarian imagining

Imagine a Tartarian cabinet of experiments turning the motion of paired discs into a theatrical spark.

An imagined use within Tartarian lore; its historic use is not established by this interpretation.

Where it survives

Science History Institute collection

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Collection reference: 2010.044.001a

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