induction coil
Datelate 19th-early 20th Century
Inventory Number0506
ClassificationInduction Coil
Subject
Maker
American
User
Department of Physics, Harvard University
founded 1884
Cultural Region
Place of Use
Dimensions6.6 × 6.6 × 64.3 cm (2 5/8 × 2 5/8 × 25 5/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionFrom Instrument Card: "Coil wound on copper tubing, with square end pieces of copper mounted on hard rubber. Two binding posts on one end."
Signedunsigned
FunctionA type of electromagnet. Possibly used for the demonstration of and experimentation with high voltages and magnetism.
ProvenanceFrom the Department of Physics, Harvard University, 4/25/61. Was stored in the Lyman Laboratory attic.
American
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Accessories: 2nd induction coil - 367b
Object number: 0367a
Ducretet et Lejeune
Date: 1892-1896
Object number: DW0089
