Roget reciprocating spiral
Roget reciprocating spiral
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- Description (Brief)
- Roget Reciprocating Spiral, unit consists of a reciprocating coil of wire mounted in a clamp on a round wooden base. The tip of the wire dips into a cup of mercury, and electro-dynamic action causes the wire spiral to oscillate. Mercury has been removed from this specimen. Reference: MacLaren, "The rise of the electrical industry during the nineteenth century," page 21.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Roget Reciprocating Spiral
- demonstration apparatus
- Other Terms
- Contact Breaker; Roget Reciprocating Spiral; Magnetic Devices; Electromagnetic Devices; Electromagnetic Devices
- associated person
- Roget, Peter Mark
- maker
- Max Kohl
- Measurements
- overall: 10 1/2 in x 5 in; 26.67 cm x 12.7 cm
- ID Number
- EM.323663
- catalog number
- 323663
- accession number
- 251332
- Credit Line
- from Case Institute of Technology, Department of Physics
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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