Static Electricity Experiment
by Chemical Heritage Foundation
Title
Static Electricity Experiment
Artist
Chemical Heritage Foundation
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Static electricity experiment. 18th-century artwork of the 'electric boy' experiment carried out at lectures by French clergyman and physicist Jean-Antoine Nollet (left, 1700-1770). The boy, hanging from insulating silk threads, is given an electric charge using an electrical machine. The static electricity generated causes items (lower centre) to be attracted to him. At right, a young woman is reaching out to touch the boy, which is causing sparks to pass between them. This artwork is a frontispiece illustration to Nollet's 'Essai sur l'electricite des corps' (Essay on the Electricity of Bodies, Paris, 1746).
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July 31st, 2016
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