electric egg
now historical
noun
A sealed glass vessel having a projecting electrode at each end, which can be evacuated in order to demonstrate electrical phenomena in gases at various pressures when one electrode is charged relative to the other.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal of Science.
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