- Title :
-
Musa musaei : studies on scientific instruments and collections in honour of Mara Miniati; Firenze; L.S. Olschki
Volta's electric lighter and its improvements : the birth, life and death of a peculiar scientific apparatus which became the first electric household appliance
- Author :
- BRENNI, Paolo ;
- Publication year :
-
2003
- Language :
- Italian ;
- Abstract :
- Describes the invention (in Italy), development (in Germany), and influence of a hydrogen electrical lighter (for lighting candles, etc.) invented late 1770s by Alessandro Volta, one of the first examples of a scientific instrument that became a useful domestic appliance. (The lighter fell out of use by the late 19th-c. because of the introduction of efficient friction matches). ;
- Pagination/Size :
- <3> p. of pl.; 10 ill. ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Allemagne ; Appareil ménager ; Instrument scientifique ; Italie ; Volta, Alessandro, 1745-1827 ; 1700-1900 ;
- Descriptors :
- Appliances ; Germany ; Italy ; Scientific instruments ; Volta, Alessandro, 1745-1827 ; 1700-1900 ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- INIST identifier :
- 24876008 ;
- ISBN :
- ISBN 8822252381 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher country :
- ITALY ;
