Accession No

5823

Brief Description

magnetic entertainments, by A. N. Myers and Company, English, 19th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

A. N. Myers and Company

Class

demonstration

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

wood (mahogany); paper; metal (brass, steel)

Dimensions

length 140mm; width 80mm; depth 60mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Tesseract, Box 151, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York 10706, U.S.A., on or before 21/12/2000. Item No. 39 from Catalogue 68 Winter 2000/2001.

Inscription

on the box lid
A
COLLECTIONS OF OBJECTS
TO ILLUSTRATE THE SCIENCE OF
MAGNETISM.

LONDON: A. N. MYERS & Co.

Description Notes

Magnetic entertainments, English, 19th century, published by A.N. Myers & Co., London.

The mahogany box has a dovetailed lid bearing a print entitled "A Collection of Objects to Illustrate the Science of Charles Tomlinson", illustrated by three images of magnetic experiments undertaken by children. Within the box is the instruction manual entitled "A Magnet Familiarly Described by Charles Tomlinson" and apparatus required for the experiments;

a turned box for iron and nails
a box for iron filings
a north pointing wooden fish
a simple dipping needle
a compass needle on brass stand
a spinner
a compass rose
a steel needle
horseshoe magnet with armature
two bar magnets with armatures

missing;

a magnetic swan
one magnetic fish and metal rod
a piece of muslin

References

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