Electrical instruments Surviving artifact

Volta’s Hydrogen Lamp

Circa 1790

Speculative use · Tartarian imagining

Imagine an Old World chamber lighting its evening candles through an elaborate glass apparatus.

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

Where it survives

Museo Galileo

Florence, Italy

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Collection reference: 1243

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