- Subject
- Electromagnetism
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Page
- Provenance
- From the collection of R.T. Gunther.
- Primary inscriptions
- "Page's Rue du / Chantre AParis", professionally engraved across the hinge on the brass mounting. On the same face as "Chantre AParis" is engraved "NORD". On the back of the brass mounting of the other leg is stamped "RG" (? for Robert Gunther?).
- Physical material
- Iron and brass
- Object type
- Magnet
- Inventory No
- 41518
Description
Two iron bar magnets, each one in a brass mounting. The bars were originally hinged together at one end, but the hinge is broken. One of the poles is marked "Nord".
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