Accession No

0887

Brief Description

magnetism demonstration set, by George Adams Jnr., English, c. 1790

Origin

England; London

Maker

Adams, George (Jnr.)

Class

magnetism

Earliest Date

1750

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

wood (mahogany); metal (steel, brass, iron, silver); paper (card); glass

Dimensions

width 250mm; depth 140mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in 04/1939.

Inscription

‘G.Adams
Invent. & Maker London’

Description Notes

Mahogany tray with slots for items of magnetic equipment: two steel bar magnets with keepers; brass cased double bar magnet with end caps, suspension ring and shaped keeper; turned mahogany box for iron filings and gauze shaker formed on brass ring; magnetic compass in turned mahogany box with steel needle and printed card; magnetometer (signed) comprising silvered vertical rectangular plate with pivoted needle moving over quadrant divided 0-90 to 2 degrees; dip needle with brass stand and silvered quadrant divided 0-90 to 1; glass handle with brass ferrule; steel ball-bearings, various magnets, needles and turned brass stands.

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