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Colored engraved plate titled Electricity showing numbered electrical apparatus, a central green generator, and a lightning storm over a tower.

Electricity: scientific and electrical equipment. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1850, after himself.

A colored engraved plate titled Electricity arranges numbered diagrams of apparatus in a grid: friction machines, electroscopes, conductors, Leyden jars, bells, and a central large generator with a glass-and-metal cylinder. A dark storm cloud with lightning strikes a tower at lower center.

Artist
John Emslie
Date
10 December 1850
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3248 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1850.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Electricidad: equipos científicos y eléctricos, grabado coloreado, 1850

Una lámina grabada en color titulada Electricidad organiza en cuadrícula diagramas numerados de aparatos: máquinas de fricción, electroscopios, conductores, botellas de Leyden, campanas y un gran generador central. Una nube de tormenta con rayos cae sobre una torre en la parte inferior central.

Português: Eletricidade: equipamentos científicos e elétricos, gravura colorida, 1850

Uma gravura colorida intitulada Eletricidade organiza em grade diagramas numerados de aparelhos: máquinas de fricção, eletroscópios, condutores, garrafas de Leyden, sinos e um grande gerador central. Uma nuvem de tempestade com raios atinge uma torre na parte inferior central.