This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with a

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This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with an opinion or confirm the accuracy of any text appearing alongside or in logical association with the image. Electricity demonstration, 18th-century artwork. This engraving, by Dutch artist Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816) is after a drawing by Dutch artists Pieter Pietersz Barbiers (1749-1842) and Jaques (Jacob) Kuyper (1761-1808).

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