Accession No

5749.3

Brief Description

a faraday’s net that forms part of an electrostatic set accompanying the Van de Graaf generator Wh5748. 20th Century

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1999

Inscription Date

Material

metal (iron,steel); plastic; cloth (linen; net); thread (silk)

Dimensions

height 380mm; width of net opening 175mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated by Anglia Polytechnic University (now Anglia Ruskin University), Cambridge, on 16/09/1999.

Inscription

on makers label (oval shaped) on foot of stand
Glasgow Manchester
Edinburgh Birmingham
GRIFFIN & TATLOCK
LONDON
MADE IN ENGLAND

Description Notes

a faraday’s net that forms part of an electrostatic set accompanying the Van de Graaf generator Wh5748. 20th Century. To show that the charge of electricity resides only on the surface of conducting bodies. Comprising a conical bag of linen gauze upon an insulating stand, to which silk strings are attached by which it can be turned inside out. Stand three footed and made of iron. Linen gauze and silk strings green in colour. Makers label present on the three footed stand. “Griffin and Tatlock”

Condition good to fair as there are three noticeable holes in the linen gauze.

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