M0000164: Michael Faraday's iron filings diagram

Date:: 19 July 1929

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/3/36

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0000125-M0000242WT/D/1/20/1/3
        M0000164: Michael Faraday's iron filings diagramWT/D/1/20/1/3/36

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M0000164: Michael Faraday's iron filings diagram. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Results of Michael Faraday's iron filings experiment.

Description

One of a number of iron filings diagrams created by Michael Faraday (1791-1867), English scientist, demonstrating magnetic lines of force.

Publication/Creation

19 July 1929

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

Subjects

Magnetism

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