Waterspouts Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Adam Duncan (1731-1804)

Adam Duncan (1731-1804)

reconvened at Old Trafford

coat and waistcoat and holding a book

Sectional elevation

The sails were either louvered and could be opened or closed with a pulley

Waterspouts Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Adam Duncan (1731-1804)Study of waterspouts at sea, intended to illustrate the attractive force of electrical clouds (eg thunderclouds). Plate 3 figure 20 from Trait de l lectricit et du magntisme Atlas by Antoine Csar Becquerel (Paris, 1840). The plate is headed 'TROMBES' and inscribed 'Dessine par M. Bevalet. Grav par Paul Legrand.' Antoine Csar Becquerel (1788 1878) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1837. Original: lithograph . 1840