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RefNoPT/73/14/1
LevelItem
TitleDiagrams, mechanical arrangements for observing magnetism by unknown artist
Date[1830]
DescriptionPlate 1, figures 1-4, 7, 9, and 11 showing various mechanical arrangements employed by Harris to study the temporary magnetism occurring in various substances. Figures 1-5 appeared in plate 1 in the published version, with the others appearing in plate 2. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Watermarked 'D'. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the transient magnetic state of which various substances are susceptible' by William Snow Harris.

Read to the Royal Society on 17 June 1830.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
Dimensions260x208mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1831.0005
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8346Harris; Sir; William Snow (1791 - 1867)1791 - 1867
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