[Faraday's mutual induction coil]

Name:

Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867

Date:

1900s

Identifier:

P/C423.24A S

Subject:

Metal: Iron; Electricity; Electromagnet

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Notes:

Transformer used in first electro-magnetic induction; Coil developed by Faraday ca. 1831 to demonstrate electromagnetic induction. Apparatus consists of two coils of copper wire wound on a soft iron ring. Faraday's coil was a predecessor of the transformer. Original: Faraday Museum, Royal Institution, Great Britain. P/C423.24b S (not scanned) is a postcard showing the same image.; Photograph of item

Collection:

Edgar Fahs Smith Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)