Print Description
This print shows a view on various scientific instruments and a historical structure: Electrical Machine (top left): An early electrifying machine that generates static electricity by means of friction. Electrical Air Thermometer (top right): An instrument for measuring the thermal effects of electrical discharges in the air. Universal Discharger (center left): A device used to send controlled electric shocks or discharges through objects during experiments. Cometarium (center right): A mechanical model (akin to an orrery) that simulates the elliptical orbit of a comet around the Sun. Vespasian’s Amphitheatre (below): A detailed representation of the Colosseum in Rome. The accompanying text states that it could accommodate 87,000 spectators (although modern estimates are usually around 50,000 to 80,000).
Made by J. Page after Howard.
Medium: Etching / engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 26 x 42 cm (10.24 x 16.54 inch). Image size: 21 x 35.2 cm. (8.27 x 13.86 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Tears restored in upper margin. Brown spot in middle. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ELECTRICITY-MACHINES-DISCHARGER-COMETARIUM-COLLOSSEUM-VESPASIAN | RBOS-T43-LARGE
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published in the New Royal Cyclopaedia and Encyclopaedia” (ook bekend als The New Royal Encyclopaedia Londinensis), samengesteld door George Selby Howard, 1788. Published by Alexander Hogg in Londen.
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