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Electromagnetic Break

Inventory Number 60343


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.60343

Item type
Object
Physical material
Wood
Metal
Copper
Dimensions
Height: 500mm Width: 394mm Depth: 174mm Weight: 3.8kg
Inventory No
60343

Description

Electromagnetic demonstration apparatus. Consisting of a turned wooden pillar on a wooden base with a rectangular bar across and a metal rectangular structure hanging on one end. A coiled wire attached to the latter is connected to a copper plate underneath. There is a large U-shaped structure covered in coiled wire underneath the metal structure.