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Portable Magnetic Needle, Dutch?, Late 18th Century?

Inventory Number 25162


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.25162

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by A.J. Turner.
Primary inscriptions
One pole marked with a "N". (or "Z"?)
Physical material
Iron
Ebony
Object type
Magnet
Dimensions
Diameter: 17mm Height: 140mm Weight: 39g
Inventory No
25162
Accession Number
1988-4

Description

Bar magnet in turned ebony box.