Induction coil with handle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1870
name: label: associated person
content: Henry, Joseph
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A cloth-insulated coil of copper wire, green varnish coating on the outside, mounted on a wooden handle. Two brass binding posts are on the bottom of the handle. Unit supposed to have been used by Joseph Henry for showing effects of current electricity.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.181442
label: catalog number
content: 181442
label: accession number
content: 2006.0177
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coil
label: Object Name
content: induction coil
label: Other Terms
content: Coil; Electromagnetic Devices; Magnetic Devices; Electromagnetic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: coil and handle: 11 7/8 in x 5 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 30.1625 cm x 14.2875 cm x 3.175 cm