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Description: | - (scratched on one end of the needle). MANU unsigned early 19th century DES after anon. pre 85 BC Han dynasty China This is a small hand-cut, soft iron, compass needle which would have sat on an agate or some other hard stone bearing supported by a needle-point. It may have been used for demonstrating Oersted's magneto-electric effect. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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