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RefNoPT/73/11/22
LevelItem
TitleDiagrams, position of rotating iron and needle by S H [Samuel Hunter] Christie
Date[1825]
DescriptionPlate 26, figures 2-6 showing the position of a rotating iron plate in relation to a magnetic needle, used in Christie's apparatus for examining the temporary magnetism of rotating iron. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in ink in bottom left, 'S. H. Christie. del.' The bottom right bears an ink inscription: 'Belongs to Mr Christie's paper no XVI'. Royal Society stamp verso.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the magnetism of iron arising from its rotation' by Samuel Hunter Christie.

Read to the Royal Society on 12 May 1825.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk and ink wash on paper
Dimensions290x205mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1825.0018
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0263
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8168Christie; Samuel Hunter (1784 - 1865); mathematician1784 - 1865
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