Compound Magnet and Electrotome (Mercury Interruptor)
Daniel Davis, Jr., Boston, Massachusetts
about 1837-1838
Overall: 5 1/8 × 7 5/16 × 3 15/16 in. (13 × 18.5 × 10 cm)
Base: 7 1/4 × 3 7/8 × 11/16 in. (18.4 × 9.8 × 1.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.35088
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Electricity
Not on view
Publication History
David Pantalony, Richard L. Kremer, Francis J. Manasek, Study, Measure, Experiment: Stories of Scientific Instruments at Dartmouth College, Norwich, Vermont: Terra Nova Press, 2005, p. 157-9, ill.
Published References
Daniel Davis, Jr. "Manuel of Magnetism" 3rd edition, 1851. p. 305
Provenance
Medical School, Dartmouth College; catalogued for the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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