File:RGNb10360943.01 Nollet The Electric Boy.tif
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The electric boy ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Jean-Antoine Nollet (19 November 1700 – 25 April 1770) |
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Title |
The electric boy |
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Description |
English: Frontispiece illustration from Essai sur l'electricité des corps by M. l'abbé Nollet. Paris : Chez les freres Guerin, 1746. The image depicts Nollet’s “electric boy” experiment, in which a boy hanging from insulating silk ropes is given an electric charge. A group are gathered around. A woman is encouraged to bend forward and poke the boy's nose, to get an electric shock. |
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Date |
1746 date QS:P571,+1746-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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institution QS:P195,Q5090408 |
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Notes | Image downloaded with permission from the Science History Institute, as part of the Wikipedian in Residence initiative. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Science History Institute | ||||||||||||||||||||
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