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Faraday's "electric egg", 2000

 Item — Box: 1, Object: 2006.501.026

Scope and Contents

Royal Institution, London, England. Michael Faraday's "electric egg." Faraday passed electricity through gases enclosed in the "egg" and produced different colors, the predecessor of discharge tube experiments.

Dates

  • Creation: 2000

Repository Details

Part of the Science History Institute Archives Repository

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