Accession No

1941.2

Brief Description

pair of Magdeburg hemispheres, 19th Century

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1894

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

height 170mm; maximum diameter 95mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, in 1974. It is recorded in the Cavendish Laboratory's 1894 alphabetical catalogue of apparatus on p.87.

Inscription

Description Notes

Pair of Magdeburg hemispheres, one with looped handle, the other with threaded attachment for air pump and tap for evacuating cavity between the hemispheres. Contain brass screw (which may or may not belong to the hemispheres).

Condition fair (very tarnished); incomplete (handle for lower hemisphere missing)

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