A Large Glass tube, for producing Electricity with

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 34

Notes:

The Peale Museum's tube was probably similar to Benjamin Franklin's static electricity tube (English, blown glass; length. 30-1/2 in., 77.5 cm, diameter 2 in., 5.1 cm), now in the Frankliniana Collection, The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia (Object 1492), pictured here.