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Title: The Earliest Electromagnetic Instruments

Author: Robert A. Chipman

Release Date: October 12, 2010 [EBook #34061]

Language: English

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Transcriber's Note.

This is Paper 38 from the Smithsonian Institution United States National
Museum Bulletin 240, comprising Papers 34-44, which will also be
available as a complete e-book.

The front material, introduction and relevant index entries from the
Bulletin are included in each single-paper e-book.

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM

BULLETIN 240

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SMITHSONIAN PRESS

MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY

_Papers 34-44_

_On Science and Technology_

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION . WASHINGTON, D.C. 1966

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