Static electricity tube, ca. 1747
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  Photo by Peter Harholdt, 2004 |
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 "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World," Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary traveling exhibition, 2005-2008 
 "Electrical battery" of Leyden jars Electrical apparatus (electrostatic machine) Electrical apparatus (electrostatic machine)
 Talbott, Page, ed., Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World (New Haven and London: Yale University, 2005) (companion book to exhibition of same title) Fig. 5.27
 This tube was given to Franklin's eldest grandson, Benjamin Franklin Bache. From him it passed to his son, Franklin Bache; to his son, Thomas Hewson Bache; to his son, Franklin Bache. From him it was acquired by The Franklin Institute by purchase sometime before February 6, 1933. |
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