Model of Henry's Yale electromagnet, 1/4 scale
date: label: Date made
content: 1898
name: label: associated institution
content: Yale University
label: associated person
content: Henry, Joseph
label: maker
content: Model Shop, United States National Museum
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Joseph Henry made a large and powerful electro-magnet for Yale College in 1831 (catalog number 181343). This 1/4-size replica of that instrument was made for the United States National Museum in the 1890s, and shown at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909.
label: Description (Brief)
content: References: <i>Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution and the United States National Museum at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 1909</i> (Washington, 1909), 21.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Made in museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.181763
label: catalog number
content: 181763
label: nonaccession number
content: 1995.3095
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electromagnet
label: Other Terms
content: Electromagnet; Magnetic Devices; Electromagnetic Devices; Electromagnetic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 in x 38 in x 7 in; 53.34 cm x 96.52 cm x 17.78 cm