Cohering plates. Two thick brass discs about eight centimetres wide, one slightly larger than the other, with handles.

Title

Cohering plates. Two thick brass discs about eight centimetres wide, one slightly larger than the other, with handles.

Identifier

ABDNP:200323a

Description

Brass cohering rings with handles. Smaller base solid brass. Larger base has solid centre 75 mm with rounded additional rim. Two plates accurately finished so that when wrung together they would cohere due to natural interatomic boding between plates and exclusion of air.

Date

1780-1822

Format

brass
base diameter: smaller 75 mm; larger 82 mm; height (each) 90 mm

Type

Physical Object

UUID

d7c7d964-71e0-46f9-bfd0-36e7d7c5257c

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