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Concept

Magnetics

Images

  • William Gilbert demonstrating the magnet before Queen Elizabeth, 1598. Oil painting by Ernest Board.
  • Faraday's magnetic sparking coil
  • Physics: a magnetic needle [?], with logarithmic apparatus (below). Engraving.
  • Magnetism: electrical equipment and magnetic phenomena. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1850.
  • A. Kircher, Magnes sive de arte magnetica op
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Catalogue

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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.

    Müller, Klaus Dieter. | Date: 1993
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Cotton, Aimé Auguste (1869-1951)

    Cotton, Aimé Auguste (1869-1951) | Date: 1912 - 1920 | Reference: MS.1889
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    • Online

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

    Monet, F.A. | Date: 1840
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    La physique occulte, ou traité de la baguette divinatoire ... / [Anon].

    Vallemont, abbé de (Pierre Le Lorrain), 1649-1721 | Date: 1747
    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    M0002526: First magnetic sparking coil made by Michael Faraday

    | Date: 10 November 1931 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/21/43
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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