Philosophical toy "Harlequin"
date: label: Date made
content: c1852
label: date made
content: ca 1852
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: No extant maker's markings. "570" (under base), 5h-4 (paper sticker). Field provided by a pair of electromagnets mounted on a wooden base, with axis vertical. Armature is the iron bar of a swing on which a ceramic clown-doll stands. A small screw is set near the top of the left-hand upright, purpose unknown. A binding post is set on top of each upright. Reference: Groenendijk Catalog, page 20, unit 5h-4.
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: EM.315530
label: catalog number
content: 315530
label: collector/donor number
content: 5h-4
label: accession number
content: 216300
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Demonstration Apparatus
label: Other Terms
content: Demonstration Apparatus; Electromagnetic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 4 1/8 in x 7 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 10.4775 cm x 19.05 cm