Electric Egg

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Description:

An electric egg demonstrates luminous effects produced by electrical discharges in rarified gases. The phenomenon was noticed by natural philosophers in the seventeenth century. The form became popular in the nineteenth century. This example came from the University of Alabama. The inscription on the base reads “Max Kohl, Chemnitz.”

Ref: E. S. Fischer, Elements of Natural Philosophy (Boston, 1827), p. 637.

Max Kohl, Physical Apparatus (Chemnitz, [1912]), p. 406.

Maker: Max Kohl

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany: Saxony, Chemnitz

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences

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Credit Line: University of Alabama

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.325959Catalog Number: 325959Accession Number: 317854

Object Name: electric egg

Measurements: overall: 15 3/8 in x 5 in x 4 1/4 in; 39.0525 cm x 12.7 cm x 10.795 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-49f8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1817366

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