Arago's disc
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Part of an Arago's Disc experimental apparatus in a wooden box. Copper disc, glass disc with pivot point and mounting ring. Reference: F.C. Bakewell, A Manual of Electricity (London: 1859), page 226.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Western Reserve University, thru John K. Major
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.322612
label: catalog number
content: 322612
label: accession number
content: 249272
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Arago's Disc
label: Object Name
content: electrostatic device
label: Other Terms
content: Arago's Disc?; Arago's Disc; Electrostatic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: glass: 8 1/2 in x 4 7/8 in x 3/4 in; 21.59 cm x 12.3825 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: disc: 2 3/8 in x 4 1/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 10.4775 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 3 1/2 in x 5 in x 14 5/8 in; 8.89 cm x 12.7 cm x 37.1475 cm