M0016393: Ruhmkorff coil used by D'Arsonval in 1887 during experiments on the physiological effects of high frequency currents

Date:: September 1957

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/147/49

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        M0016393: Ruhmkorff coil used by D'Arsonval in 1887 during experiments on the physiological effects of high frequency currentsWT/D/1/20/1/147/49

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M0016393: Ruhmkorff coil used by D'Arsonval in 1887 during experiments on the physiological effects of high frequency currents. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced March 2022: Ruhmkorff coil used by D'Arsonval.

Description

Photograph of the apparatus. It was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

September 1957

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

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Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

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Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.