Small induction coil
name: label: user
content: Henry, Joseph
label: associated person
content: Chase, M.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A cylindrical electromagnet in a brass case with vibrating interrupter. Stamped on one hold-down strap: "M.Chase,s"; on other strap: "Baltimore.Md". Paper label on bottom reads: "Restored 1959 / L. C. Eichner". The induction coil was made in Baltimore and used by Joseph Henry, the physicist who served as founding Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the Smithsonian Institution Collection of Apparatus, thru William C. Winlock
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.181449
label: catalog number
content: 181449
label: accession number
content: 2006.0177
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coil, Induction
label: Object Name
content: induction coil
label: Other Terms
content: Coil, Induction; Magnetic Devices; Electromagnetic Devices; Electromagnetic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 4 1/4 in x 10 1/8 in; 7.62 cm x 10.795 cm x 25.7175 cm