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XIV.123 Galvanometer, Magrini pattern
Inventor:Luigi Magrini
Maker: unknown
Date:ca. 1850
Materials:mahogany, brass
Dimensions:total height 450 mm, base diameter 265 mm
Current inventory:872
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Incomplete version of differential galvanometer invented by Luigi Magrini. The mahogany base has three brass leveling screws. The coil and needle arrangement is complex. Below is a conventional galvanometer with magnetic needle; above are two concentric coils of fine wire and a needle suspended from six limbs between the two coils. The glass dome is missing. Provenance: Lorraine collections.

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