induction coil
Datelate 19th-early 20th Century
Inventory Number0505
ClassificationInduction Coil
Subject
Maker
American
?
Cultural Region
Dimensions14 × 47.5 × 11.4 cm (5 1/2 × 18 11/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
Material
DescriptionFrom Instrument Card: "Coil wound on hard rubber tubing, with square end pieces of hard rubber. Two binding posts on each end."
Signedunsigned
FunctionA type of electromagnet. Possibly used for the demonstration of and experimentation with high voltages and magnetism.
American
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Accessories: 2nd induction coil - 367b
Object number: 0367a
Department of Physics, Harvard University
Date: circa 1895
Accessories: goes together with coil # 0493
Object number: 0494
Department of Physics, Harvard University
Date: circa 1895
Accessories: goes together with coil # 0494
Object number: 0493
