Faraday's original 1845 electromagnet at the Science Museum

DEC 01 1929

A 1929 press photograph of the original electromagnet made for Faraday in 1845, then on show at the Science Museum in South Kensington. Shot for the Faraday centenary, it is itself now a historical document. At 4076x5220 it is the highest-resolution view of the actual apparatus available freely.