German, C.1900, unsigned, turned wooden base with terminals for low voltage to motor and high voltage to Geissler tube, brass column supports soft iron ring, bobbin wound coils to the rotor, breaker to the rear, height 33cm
Reference: For a similar instrument see: http://physics.kenyon.edu/EarlyApparatus/Electric_Motors/Wheatstones_motor/Wheatstones_Motor.html
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German, C.1900, unsigned, turned wooden base with terminals for low voltage to motor and high voltage to Geissler tube, brass column supports soft iron ring, bobbin wound coils to the rotor, breaker to the rear, height 33cm
Reference: For a similar instrument see: http://physics.kenyon.edu/EarlyApparatus/Electric_Motors/Wheatstones_motor/Wheatstones_Motor.html
Auction: Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022