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made in Dresden, Germany

Experimental electricity set
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This static electricity set was made around 1888 by Meiser and Mertig of Dresden in Germany, for educational purposes. It was retailed in Edinburgh by William Hume.

The set consists of a small, single-plate frictional electrical machine and accessories. It is shown with a booklet 'Experimental Physics', in which 120 exercises in static electricity are described. The set was priced at £1 10s (£1-50). Hume also retailed sets of galvanic (or chemical) electricity, acoustics and, in 1889, optics. All were made by the same Dresden company.

In the accompanying booklet, Hume wrote: 'In an age when Science ministers to use in so many ways, it is desirable that all classes should acquire a knowledge of its main principles.' However, this was clearly not a cheap toy when most Scots earned less than £30 a year.

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