Name/Title
Kinnersley's ThermometerEntry/Object ID
2013.3.48Description
An apparatus designed to show the expansion of air when an electric spark is passed through it.
Probably bought by Dr. Peter from Pixii, Paris, in 1839 for 18 francs. Electrical-Air-Thermometer "is an instrument contrived by Mr. Kinnersley of Philadelphia for the purpose of observing the effects of electrization upon air, and with this instrument Mr. Kinnersley made several experiments which he describes in a letter to Dr. Franklin, dated March 12, 1761."
This figure also shows Oersted's Apparatus (left) and Volta's Eudiometer (center).Collection
Moosnick Museum - Scientific Apparatus