Reconstruction of Joseph Henry's Original Oscillating Electromagnet Motor
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Date: c. 1830s
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-006
Reconstruction of Joseph Henry's original oscillating electromagnet motor, which he had first constructed at Princeton University in the 1830s. The motor was a simple device whose moving part was a straight electromagnet rocking on a horizontal axis. Henry, who would later become the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, believed his machine was important as the first demonstration of continuous motion produced by magnetic attraction and repulsion.
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
N.M.A.H. Cat. No. 244,904.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-006
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1830s
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MAH-24976A or 24,976-A or 16,188
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 5h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Negative