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XIV.63 Small cup for inflaming spirits
Maker: unknown
Date:late 18th cent.
Materials:brass
Dimensions:total height 82 mm, diameter 66 mm
Current inventory:466
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Shallow brass dish attached to a brass rod. When the device was attached to the prime conductor of an electrical machine, a spark would ignite the alcohol warmed in the dish. This experiment, first performed in 1744. Possibly associated with item inv. 516. Provenance: Lorraine collections.

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