Magnetic Optical Apparatus
name: label: maker
content: E. Leybold’s Nachfolger
notes: label: Description
content: The Faraday effect, discovered by Michael Faraday in 1845, was the first experimental evidence that light and electromagnetism are related. This apparatus demonstrates that effect. An inscription reads "E. Leybold's Nachfolger A-G / Koln-Rhein".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Rutgers University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.327641
label: catalog number
content: 327641
label: accession number
content: 268279
objectType: label: Object Name
content: magnetic optical apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: base and cylinder: 14 5/8 in x 31 5/8 in x 8 1/4 in; 37.1475 cm x 80.3275 cm x 20.955 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: detached cylinder: 9 1/2 in x 12 in x 8 1/4 in; 24.13 cm x 30.48 cm x 20.955 cm