Pair of astatic magnet needles connected by twisted wire (now bent)

Made:: 1780-1798

Pair of astatic magnet needles connected by twisted wire (now bent), Galvani collection

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Category:: Electricity and Magnetism

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: 1990-266

type:: needle

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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