Electromagnetic Machine
name: label: maker
content: Gaiffe, Ladislas Adolphe
notes: label: Description
content: Electromagnetic machine for medical purposes, with an inscription on the lid of the wooden box that reads “APPAR. . .D'INDUCTION / . . . / A. GAIFFE A PARIS.” Ladislas Adolphe Gaiffe (1832-1887) established an electrical instrument shop in Paris in 1856.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Département de Ville-de-Paris
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.156.01
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.156.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: battery case
label: Object Name
content: electromagnetic battery case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5.5 cm x 21.5 cm x 12.4 cm; 2 3/16 in x 8 7/16 in x 4 7/8 in