All Resolutions
(P. 249.)
Artist
- Name:
- Unknown
Illustration
- Subject:
- Science & technology
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Blanadet, Jules
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Les récréations scientifiques
- Author(s):
- Tissandier, Gaston
- Publisher:
- Paris: G. Masson, n.d. [1884]
Description
A hand is seen writing on a stencil with Edison’s electric pen connected to a wet cell battery. Edison’s electric pen was a device used for duplicating handwritten or hand-drawn documents.
The caption reads in the original French: Plume électrique d’Edison, avec sa pile.
Caption taken from the English edition titled Popular scientific recreations in natural philosophy, astronomy, geology, chemistry. London: Ward, Lock, and Co., n.d. [ca. 1882].
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, black & white, children's book, electricity, writing
