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plans for electromagnet
plans for electromagnet

plans for electromagnet

Date1900-1950
Inventory Number1998-1-1044
ClassificationElectromagnet
Subject
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        DimensionsOverall - Storage: 0.1 x 82.3 x 51.7 cm (1/16 x 32 3/8 x 20 3/8 in.)
        Material
          Accessorieshandbook
          DescriptionSix sheets of paper with pencil drawn plans for an electromagnet. Some of the drawings are very thin and hard to see.
          Signedunsigned
          Inscribedon one sheet: Electromagnet for Lecture / Demonstration at Radcliffe / Physics Labs.
          Curatorial Remarkson back: Large Magnet Drawing handbook and copies of handbook on file torn, need repair.
          FunctionUsed for a lecture at Radcliffe College.
          ProvenanceUsed at Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA in the Physics Department.
          Harvard Science Center space usage unbound plans, Sept- Oct. 1979
          Date: dated 1979
          Accessories: paper cover
          Object number: 1998-1-1625b
          plans (part 1) for building the Elgbrant etching machine
          Daniel Branton
          Date: 1977-1984
          Object number: 1999-1-0041k
          poster for an MIT memorial exhibit on the work of William A. Baker
          William A. Baker
          Date: after 1979
          Object number: 1998-1-0980
          plans (part 2) for building the Elgbrant etching machine frame
          Daniel Branton
          Date: 1979
          Object number: 1999-1-0041l
          water-cooled Weiss-type laboratory electromagnet
          Société Genevoise pour la Construction d'Instruments de Physique et de Mécanique
          Date: 1895-1905
          Object number: HA0111
          electromagnet revolving on its axis
          Daniel Davis, Jr.
          Date: circa 1840
          Object number: 0109
          L. E. Knott Apparatus Company
          Date: circa 1923
          Accessories: matching envelope
          Object number: 1998-1-0624
          technical drawing of the model Trevithick locomotive
          Ebenezer Gay
          Date: 1982
          Object number: 1998-1-1081a
          technical drawing of the model Trevithick locomotive
          Ebenezer Gay
          Date: 1982
          Object number: 1998-1-1081b
          technical drawing of the model Trevithick locomotive
          Ebenezer Gay
          Date: 1982
          Object number: 1998-1-1081c