Experimental horseshoe magnet core
date: label: date made
content: ca 1840
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An iron horseshoe for use in the core of an experimental electromagnet. Supposed to have been used by Prof. Joseph Henry, founding Secretary of the Smithsonian.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
label: Exhibition
content: Lighting a Revolution
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.181740
label: catalog number
content: 181740
label: accession number
content: 33204
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Magnet Core
label: Other Terms
content: Magnet Core; Electromagnetic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 8.255 cm x 8.255 cm x 1.27 cm