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Laminated Horse-Shoe Magnet, English, Mid-18th Century

Inventory Number 34057

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.34057

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned.
Physical material
Copper alloy
Fe alloy
Object type
Magnet
Dimensions
Height: 105mm Width: 15mm Depth: 37mm
Inventory No
34057

Description

Two flat horse-shoe magnets placed together, enclosed in a brass case with solid suspension ring. Keeper is missing.

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