Compound Magnet and Electrotome (Mercury Interruptor)

Daniel Davis, Jr., Boston, Massachusetts

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about 1837-1838

Overall: 5 1/8 × 7 5/16 × 3 15/16 in. (13 × 18.5 × 10 cm)

Base: 7 1/4 × 3 7/8 × 11/16 in. (18.4 × 9.8 × 1.7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

2002.1.35088

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Scientific Instrument

Research Area

Scientific Instrument

Scientific Instrument: Electricity

Not on view

Publication History

David Pantalony, Richard L. Kremer, Francis J. Manasek, Study, Measure, Experiment: Stories of Scientific Instruments at Dartmouth College, Norwich, Vermont: Terra Nova Press, 2005, p. 157-9, ill.

Published References

Daniel Davis, Jr. "Manuel of Magnetism" 3rd edition, 1851. p. 305

Provenance

Medical School, Dartmouth College; catalogued for the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.

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