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Folding Bar Magnet, by Page, Paris, Early 19th Century

Inventory Number 41518


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.41518

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".