Toebler-Holtz Static Machine
Unknown Maker
about 1930
Solid oak base, gray ebonite rotating disks, white plastic stationary disks, hand crank with alternative pulley belt drive, copper wire brushes, black painted cast iron mounts, two glass leyden jars, nickel-plated conductors
Base: 46 × 21 in. (116.8 × 53.3 cm)
Overall: 24 in. (61 cm)
Overall: 22 in. (55.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2007.1.72
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Electricity
Not on view
Published References
CENCO J-136, p. 1269; Science 3 (1884), 753-55.
Provenance
Physics Department, Dartmouth College; transferred by Professor Doyle to the Dartmouth College Museum, December 1960; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2007.
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