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Electromagnetism Collection

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Professor Tyndall lecturing at the Royal Institution, 1870. Creator: Unknown

Professor Tyndall lecturing at the Royal Institution, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Professor Tyndall lecturing at the Royal Institution [in London], 1870

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Portrait of the Physicist Hans Christian Orsted

Portrait of the Physicist Hans Christian Orsted, 1832-1833

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Professor Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institute... 1856, (1901). Creator: Unknown

Professor Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institute... 1856, (1901). Creator: Unknown
Professor Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institute before the Prince Consort and the Prince of Wales, 1856, (1901)

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: First magnetoelectric motor built by Hippolyte Pixii, c1832 (c1890)

First magnetoelectric motor built by Hippolyte Pixii, c1832 (c1890). This was the first application of Faradays demonstration (1831) that magnetism produces an electric current

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Joseph Wilson Swan, British physicist and chemist, demonstrating electromagnetism, 1889

Joseph Wilson Swan, British physicist and chemist, demonstrating electromagnetism, 1889. Swan (1828-1914) was the inventor of bromide paper for photography and of an incandescent light bulb

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Michael Faraday, British scientist, c1880. Artist: DJ Pound

Michael Faraday, British scientist, c1880. Artist: DJ Pound
Michael Faraday, British scientist, c1880. Portrait of Faraday (1791-1867), published in a supplement to the Illustrated News of the World, London

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish theoretical physicist, 1882

James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish theoretical physicist, 1882
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879). Scottish theoretical physicist. From Campbell & Garnett The Life of James Clerk Maxwell, 1882

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: James Clerk Maxwells (1831-1879) comparison apparatus, 1880

James Clerk Maxwells (1831-1879) comparison apparatus, 1880
James Clerk Maxwells (1831-1879) apparatus for the comparison of electrostatic and electromagnetic units, 1880. From A Physical Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by JEH Gordon, (London, 1880)

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Main station of the Exchange Telegraph Company, London, 1882

Main station of the Exchange Telegraph Company, London, 1882. An operator receives a message on a ticker-tape machine. A Morse transmitting instrument is connected directly to the Stock Exchange

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Lord Kelvins transatlantic telegraph, 1877. Artist: John Wright Oakes

Lord Kelvins transatlantic telegraph, 1877. Artist: John Wright Oakes
Lord Kelvins transatlantic telegraph, 1877

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Operator receiving a message in Morse code on an electric printing telegraph, 1887

Operator receiving a message in Morse code on an electric printing telegraph, 1887. In the box under the table are the wet cells (batteries) supplying electricity

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Telegraph office, c1900

Telegraph office, c1900. A man reads a message he has received (left)

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph, 1887

Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph, 1887. He is tapping out the message with a key using the code developed by Samuel Morse and Alexander Bain

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Morses first telegraph, 1837 (c1900). Artist: Sir John Gilbert

Morses first telegraph, 1837 (c1900). Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Morses first telegraph, 1837 (c1900). Invented by Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872), this was the first functional electric telegraph

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Morse electric printing telegraph, c1882

Morse electric printing telegraph, c1882. Rear view of the instrument showing the roll of paper for recording messages and the transmitting key at C. D are wet cells (batteries) providing electricity

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Hans Christian Oersted, Danish physicist, 1851

Hans Christian Oersted, Danish physicist, 1851

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Hans Christian Oersted, Danish physicist, [c1870]

Hans Christian Oersted, Danish physicist, [c1870]

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Magnetism, c1850

Magnetism, c1850

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: John Tyndall lecturing on electromagnetism at the Royal Institution, London. May 1870

John Tyndall lecturing on electromagnetism at the Royal Institution, London. May 1870

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Hans Christian Oersted, Danish physicist, 1820 (c1880)

Hans Christian Oersted, Danish physicist, 1820 (c1880)

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Andre-Marie Ampere (1775-1836), French mathematician and physicist, 19th century

Andre-Marie Ampere (1775-1836), French mathematician and physicist, 19th century. Ampere established the laws and principles which related magnetism and electricity to each other

Background imageElectromagnetism Collection: Street sign, Rue Ampere, Paris, France

Street sign, Rue Ampere, Paris, France. Andre-Marie Ampere (1775-1836), French mathematician and physicist, established the laws and principles which related magnetism and electricity to each other


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