An unusual magnetism demonstration outfit, English, late 18th century,attributed to George Adams, the mahogany case fitted with a small lodestone with keeper, four bar magnets, a magnetic compass, six iron spheres eight small and two large stands and a heart-shaped brass plate engraved Brass,
case 10in (25cm) wide FootnotesA magnetic toy by George Adams in the King George III collection includes a mahogany box fitted with five differing heart-shaped plates engraved Silver, Lead, Tin, Copper, and Iron, of very similar format and engraving to the plate included in this apparatus engraved Brass.
Literature:
cf. Public & Private Science, Alan Morton & Jane Wess, p.444, Inv. No. 1927-118, -1750.
An unusual magnetism demonstration outfit, English, late 18th century,attributed to George Adams, the mahogany case fitted with a small lodestone with keeper, four bar magnets, a magnetic compass, six iron spheres eight small and two large stands and a heart-shaped brass plate engraved Brass,
case 10in (25cm) wide FootnotesA magnetic toy by George Adams in the King George III collection includes a mahogany box fitted with five differing heart-shaped plates engraved Silver, Lead, Tin, Copper, and Iron, of very similar format and engraving to the plate included in this apparatus engraved Brass.
Literature:
cf. Public & Private Science, Alan Morton & Jane Wess, p.444, Inv. No. 1927-118, -1750.
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