Schweigger 1821 oval-coil magnetic multiplier (replica)
date: label: Date made
content: 1962
name: label: maker
content: Smithsonian Institution
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Replica of a device made in 1821 by Johann Schweigger (1779-1857, Germany). A 8" x 4" base supports two vertical posts on which is mounted a 3-loop oval copper coil. A platform in the center of the coil holds a compass. Reference: Chipman, Robert A. The earliest electromagnetic instruments. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology 38, 123-135. Smithsonian Institution, 1964.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.3033.05
label: nonaccession number
content: 2001.3033
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Demonstration Device
label: Other Terms
content: Demonstration Device; Magnetic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 10 in x 2 in; 10.16 cm x 25.4 cm x 5.08 cm