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Long Magnetic Needle, 19th Century

Inventory Number 44409


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.44409

Item type
Object
Provenance
Not ascertained.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned.
Physical material
Steel
Object type
Magnet
Inventory No
44409

Description

Blued-steel flat needle, possibly of a declination compass or surveying instrument.