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Wire frames part of Ampère's Apparatus

Inventory Number 81758


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.81758

Item type
Object
Physical material
Wood
Iron
Dimensions
Height: 370mm Width: 335mm Depth: 160mm Weight: 1141g
Inventory No
81758

Description

Such devices were developed by Andre Marie Amperes in the 1820s for demonstrating the various experiments on the interaction of magnetism and electric currents. Wires carrying currents will behave like magnets.