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Magnetism

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Physics
Mathematical physics

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Images from the collections

Images about Magnetism

5 images from works
  • Faraday's magnetic sparking coil
  • M0018514: "Les Effets du Magnetisme.....animal", French satirical drawing
  • 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

Works from the collections

79 works

    • Archives and manuscripts

    Cotton, Aimé Auguste (1869-1951)

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

    Tractatus, in quibus continentur suspiciones de latentibus quibusdam qualitatibus aeris; : unà cum appendice de magnetibus coelestibus, nonnullisque argumentis aliis, animadversiones in d. Hobbesii Problemata de vacuo, et dissertatio de causa attractionis per suctionem. / Authore Roberto Boyle.

    Robert Boyle | Date: M. DC. LXXX. [1680]
    • 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
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Mialle, Simon (1786- )

    Mialle, Simon, b.1786 | Date: c. 1835 | Reference: MS.3537
    • Pictures

    Physics: gravity and magnetism illustrated in several examples. Engraving, 16--.

    | Reference: 47566i

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