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horseshoe magnet
horseshoe magnet

horseshoe magnet

Date1900-1950
Inventory Number1998-1-0652
ClassificationMagnet
Subject
    Cultural Region
      Dimensions3.1 × 21.4 × 1.3 cm (1 1/4 × 8 7/16 × 1/2 in.)
      Material
        DescriptionHorseshoe magnet with shallow distance between edges. At the midpoint of the magnet there is a grove and at the end there is a small pole ending with a screw coming out of one side. Red painted back half.
        Signedunsigned
        Inscribedmarked "N" on top of one side and "S" on other
        FunctionFor the experimentation or use of magnetism.
        horseshoe magnet
        American
        Date: circa 1920
        Accessories: carrying case
        Object number: 1997-1-1339
        horseshoe magnet
        Daniel Davis, Jr.
        Date: circa 1842
        Object number: 0119
        horseshoe magnet
        French
        Date: circa 1810
        Object number: DW0370
        horseshoe magnet
        American
        Date: 1875-1925
        Object number: 0374b
        horseshoe magnet
        American
        Date: 1875-1925
        Object number: 0374c
        horse-shoe magnet with rolling armature
        Philip Harris & Company, Ltd.
        Date: circa 1950
        Object number: 1997-1-0639
        electric generator
        French
        Date: circa 1890
        Object number: DW0083
        artificial horseshoe magnet
        Swiss
        Date: circa 1840
        Object number: DW0118
        5 bar magnets for Beall's compass deviascope (correcting magnets)
        Henry Hughes & Son, Ltd.
        Date: 1900-1915
        Accessories: loose fin; instruction manual for instrument is in box of disassembled parts
        Object number: DW0141i
        magnets
        American
        Date: 1900-1950
        Accessories: cubes (2), rectangular cubes (2), cylinders (2)
        Object number: 1998-1-1151
        4 horseshoe magnets with horseshoe-shaped keeper
        American
        Date: 1875-1925
        Object number: 2007-1-0224
        magnetic iron wire and bars in box
        American
        Date: 1875-1925
        Object number: 0374a