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A Carr Electrostatic friction-Influence machine c.1882…
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Perth
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7-Dec-2016
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A Carr Electrostatic friction-Influence machine c.1882 manufactured by E. Ducretet & Cie, Paris, 1882, with makers brass plaque to base Underneath the brass plaque stamped: E. Carre, 295, 29 4 82. This item comes with two books and associated literature including, early Electrical Machines by Bern Dibner, 1957 and a French selling exhibition catalogue 1990, Histoire Des Sciences et de La Medecine - Carre machine, illustrated page 94, 1990 selling price 28,000 French francs note: the Carr machine invented by French Engineer Ferdinand Philippe Edouard Carr 1824 - 1900, height: 94 cm, Main disc diameter 43.5 cm, base: 50 x 43 cm Provenance: Purchased from Lord McAlpine collection to current owner
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