Magnet Collection (#5)

Illustration of bar magnet moving along magnetised metal as hammer hits upright magnetised metal bar

Illustration of Faradays rotary motor with bar magnet near spiral of wire connected to meter with gauge

Illustration of unmagnetized steel bar, and magnetized steel bar with bar magnet being stroked acros

Digital illustration showing the magnetic field of magnet

Aurora borealis over Skagsanden beach on Lofoten Islands, Norway, March 2016

Northern lights over distant mountains in Iceland

Wooden house on the background of the aurora in winter, Iceland

Magnetic Termite Mound, Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Mound-building termites or just mound builders are a group of termite species that live in mounds. This group of termites live in Africa, Australia and South America

MAGNETIZING IRON, 1600. A blacksmith hammering a heated iron bar to be magnetized, with its ends pointing towards the magnetic north and south poles

The property tax, Williams, C. artist, engraving 1814, Cartoon shows a prosperous John Bull seated in a chair as a blue demon hovers above him using a magnet to withdraw coins from Bulls waistcoat

A Magnet Stone; Unknown; Therouanne ?, France (formerly Flanders), Europe; fourth quarter of 13th century (after 1277); Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf

SPAIN: IRON MINING. Seated men hold magnets and indicate stars as the source for magnetic power as a miner works at extracting iron

REGIUS: MAGNETS, 1654. Diagram of Rene Decartes theory about how magnets work, from Henricus Regius Principia, published in Amsterdam, 1654

MAGNETIZING IRON, 1600. A blacksmith hammering a heated iron bar to be magnetized, with its ends pointing towards the magnetic north and south poles

SIR ERNEST H. SHACKLETON (1874-1922). British explorer. With two members of his expedition at the magnetic South Pole in 1909

OERSTED MANUSCRIPT, 1820. The first page of Hans Christian Oersteds privately printed paper announcing his experiment showing that electric currents cause a magnetic field

TELEGRAPH, 1832. Joseph Henrys signal telegraph apparatus of 1832, consisting of an electromagnet, a steel bar mounted on a pivot, and a bell. Wood engraving, American, 1888

GILBERT: DE MAGNETE, 1600. The magnetizing of iron. A page from William Gilbert s
GILBERT: DE MAGNETE, 1600. The magnetizing of iron. A page from William Gilberts (1540-1603) De Magnete, published in London, 1600

DAWSON CITY, c1898. The Magnet, a store in the gold mining town of Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada, late 1890s

SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, 1890. American magazine advertisements for various scientific instruments, 1890

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The magnetic telephone of Alexander Graham Bell. Wood engraving, French, 19th century
TELEPHONE, 19th CENTURY. The magnetic telephone of Alexander Graham Bell. Wood engraving, French, 19th century

determining that cathode rays (c) have definite mass because their bombardment against vanes (d, e)
J.J. THOMSONs EXPERIMENT determining that cathode rays (c) have definite mass because their bombardment against vanes (d, e)

Horizontal section of a switch valve and cylinder in the Westinghouse pneumatic interlocking system of railroad
RAILROAD SWITCH, 1892. Horizontal section of a switch valve and cylinder in the Westinghouse pneumatic interlocking system of railroad switches. Wood engraving, American, 1892

William Gilbert (1540-1603). English physician and physicist. Motion in magnetic field
GILBERT: DE MAGNETE, 1600. William Gilbert (1540-1603). English physician and physicist. Motion in magnetic field. Page from De Magnete, published in London, 1600

An apparatus developed by Sir William Crookes (1832-1919). The diagram shows the deflection of cathode or Crookes rays
CROOKES: APPARATUS. An apparatus developed by Sir William Crookes (1832-1919). The diagram shows the deflection of cathode or Crookes rays in an ordinary high-vacuum tube by a steel magnet held near

Forging a magnet. From William Gilbert De Magnete, London, 1600. Metal on the anvil is aligned North/South (Septentrio/Auster). Woodcut

Gilberts experiment to demonstrate that two pieces of iron wire, A, B, placed near the pole, C, of a magnet, will have the same magnetism induced in them and so repel one another

Behaviour of a magnetic compass in a box if carried round a globe-shaped magnet (N centre of picture) with magnetic poles where lines cross (left and right of N)

Diagram to illustrate the behaviour of a magnet at different positions around the north pole of the Earth (A). From William Gilbert De Magnete, London, 1600

A terrella or globe-shaped magnet with lumps of iron to represent mountains and showing the north-seeking property of a magnetic needle. From William Gilbert De Magnete, London, 1600

William Gilbert (1540-1603) English physician and scientist born at Colchester, Essex. Appointed physician to Elizabeth I (1601)

The Property Tax, Williams, C. Artist, Engraving 1814, Cartoon Shows A Prosperous John Bull Seated In A Chair As A Blue Demon Hovers Above Him Using A Magnet To Withdraw Coins From Bulls Waistcoat

Two magnets showing weakening of two adjoining poles creating neutral space between them and lines of force curving away from this spot

Electromagnet attracting iron filings

Changing copper wires on battery so electric current flows the opposite way, connection

Girls hand holding magnet near a toy vehicle

Two magnets with iron filing inbetween them

Two bar magnets positioned opposite another with iron filings attached to each end

Steel being melted for conversion into magnets

Compasses arranged around a coil of current-carrying wire, a type of electromagnet called a solenoid

Bar magnet attracting metal filings

Coins attracted by horseshoe magnet

Horseshoe magnet attracting metal filings

Hand holding magnet, picking up metal filings

Metal filings attached to magnets (charges of the same type, repelling)

Hand holding magnet with push pins attached at the bottom

Horseshoe magnet attracting metal screws

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