RefNo | CLP/9ii/8 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'Paper about the magnet' by Thomas Henshaw |
Date | 25 April 1683 |
Description | Henshaw details his experiment conducted with a foot-long iron bar to show that the bar has a different direction or polarity at either end as it is turned to and from the Earth. This experiment corroborates Edmund Halley's findings.
Subject: Magnetism |
Language | English |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | RBO/6/4 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8237 | Henshaw; Thomas (1618 - 1700); alchemist and writer | 1618 - 1700 |