Voltameter
Category
Scientific instruments
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Wood
Measurements
207 mm (H)229 mm (W)
Collection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1231107
Summary
'V' shaped glass voltameter on wooden base (wrongly labelled as Primitive Battery) - the tube contained a liquid (the electrolyte) and electricity was generated between the terminals. Harvey & Peak, London.
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Marks and inscriptions
Harvey & Peak, London.