The wonders of science
Title

The wonders of science

Caption

Experiment carried out by the French scientist Louis Guillaume Le Monnier in which he obtained a temporary electric current in a long conductor connected to a Leyden jar. He demonstrated that the speed of propagation of the electric current was almost instantaneous.
1746

Illustration from "Les Merveilles de la science ou description populaire des inventions modernes" written by Louis Figuier and published in 1867 by Furne, Jouvet et Cie.

Date

1867

Credit line

Photo12

Reference

COM23A01_009

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