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Diagrams, mechanical arrangements for observing magnetism by unknown artist

Reference number: PT/73/14/2

Date: 1830

Description

Plate 2, figures 6, 8, 10, and 12 showing various mechanical arrangements and parts employed by Harris to study the temporary magnetism occurring in various substances. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. 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.

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PT/73/14/2
Earliest possible date
1830
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Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Diagram

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William Snow Harris

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William Snow Harris, Diagrams, mechanical arrangements for observing magnetism by unknown artist, 1830, PT/73/14/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_73_14_2/diagrams-mechanical-arrangements-for-observing-magnetism-by-unknown-artist, accessed on 14 May 2026

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