Contributions from
The Museum of History and Technology:
Paper 38
The Earliest Electromagnetic Instruments
Robert A. Chipman
ELECTROSTATIC INSTRUMENTS BEFORE 1800 [123]
INSTRUMENTING VOLTAIC OR GALVANIC ELECTRICITY, 1800-1820 [124]
ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTATION, 1800-1820 [125]
OERSTED’S DISCOVERY [126]
BEGINNINGS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INSTRUMENTATION [126]
CHRONOLOGY AND PRIORITY [127]