Joseph Henry's Albany Magnet
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Date: c. 1820s
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-006
Joseph Henry's Albany magnet. Henry, who would later become the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, was the first to construct an electromagnet formed by tightly wrapping multiple coils of an insulated conducting wire around an iron bar.
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Image copied from old photograph, N.M.A.H. Cat. No. 181,451c.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-006
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1820s
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MAH-39040 or 39,040
Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 6.5w x 8.5h ; Type of Image: Object ; Medium: Negative