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Faraday's magnetic sparking coil

Faraday's first sparking coil, close up of head, back view.

William Gilbert demonstrating the magnet before Queen Elizabeth, 1598. Oil painting by Ernest Board.

Faraday's first sparking coil, general view.

M0018514: "Les Effets du Magnetisme.....animal", French satirical drawing

Physics: a magnetic needle [?], with logarithmic apparatus (below). Engraving.

Faraday's first sparking coil, close up of head, side view.

Faraday's first sparking coil, close up of hadd 3/4 front view.

Magnetism: electrical equipment and magnetic phenomena. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1850.

'Ich war im Tempel des Weltgeistes' : Franz Joseph Schelver (1778-1832) als Magnetiseur in Heidelberg / Klaus-Dieter Müller und Wolf-Dieter Müller-Jahncke.

Cotton, Aimé Auguste (1869-1951)

Thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 16 mars 1840 / par F.-A. Monet.

La physique occulte, ou traité de la baguette divinatoire ... / [Anon].

M0002526: First magnetic sparking coil made by Michael Faraday

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Magnetics

Images from the collections

Images about Magnetics

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'Ich war im Tempel des Weltgeistes' : Franz Joseph Schelver (1778-1832) als Magnetiseur in Heidelberg / Klaus-Dieter Müller und Wolf-Dieter Müller-Jahncke.

Cotton, Aimé Auguste (1869-1951)

Thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 16 mars 1840 / par F.-A. Monet.

La physique occulte, ou traité de la baguette divinatoire ... / [Anon].

M0002526: First magnetic sparking coil made by Michael Faraday

Magnetics

Images from the collections

Images about Magnetics

Works from the collections

'Ich war im Tempel des Weltgeistes' : Franz Joseph Schelver (1778-1832) als Magnetiseur in Heidelberg / Klaus-Dieter Müller und Wolf-Dieter Müller-Jahncke.

Cotton, Aimé Auguste (1869-1951)

Thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 16 mars 1840 / par F.-A. Monet.

La physique occulte, ou traité de la baguette divinatoire ... / [Anon].

M0002526: First magnetic sparking coil made by Michael Faraday

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