Jean-Antoine Nollet demonstration. Circa 1740 German engraving of the French clergyman and physicist Jean-Antoine, or Abbe, Nollet (1700-1770) demonst

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Jean-Antoine Nollet demonstration. Circa 1740 German engraving of the French clergyman and physicist Jean-Antoine, or Abbe, Nollet (1700-1770) demonstrating an electric machine in a salon in France. From Weltall und Menscheit (Universe and Humanity), by Hans Kraemer (ca. 1880).

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