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Horizontal Induction Coil, by Apps, London, c. 1870

Inventory Number 58804


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.58804

Item type
Object
Makers
Apps
Primary inscriptions
Signed "PATENT 416. APPS. 433, Strand, LONDON"
Object type
Induction coil
Dimensions
Height: 185mm Width: 277mm Depth: 158mm Weight: 5.9kg
Inventory No
58804

Description

Induction coils produce very high voltages - induced in a secondary coil by the rapid switching of current in a primary - used for laboratory work or running devices such as arc lamps.