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Electro-magnet. World English Historical Dictionary

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Electro-magnet. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1897, rev. 2025. Electro-magnet [f. ELECTRO- + MAGNET.] A piece of soft iron surrounded by a coil of wire, through which a current of electricity may be passed, rendering the iron temporarily magnetic.

1 1831.  Amer. Jrnl. Sci., XX. 201. Account of a large Electro-Magnet.

2 1832.  W. Sturgeon, in Phil. Mag., XI. 194. On Electro-magnets.

3 c. 1865.  J. Wylde, in Circ. Sc., I. 250/2. A horse-shoe electro-magnet.

4 1879.  G. Prescott, Sp. Telephone, Introd. p. ii. The first simple electro-magnet was made by Sturgeon [of Manchester].

5   Hence Electro-magnetic, -magnetical adjs., pertaining to electro-magnetism. Electro-magnetically adv., by means of electro-magnetism. Electro-magnetics, the science of electro-magnetism. Electro-magnetism, the phenomena of the production of magnetism by the electric current; also, the influence of a magnet on the electric current.

6 1823.  J. Badcock, Dom. Amusem., 126. The electro-magnetic influence always increased with the number of the plates.

7 1879.  G. Prescott, Sp. Telephone, Introd. p. ii. An electro-magnetic telegraph.

8 1823.  J. Badcock, Dom. Amusem., 126. Electro-magnetical effects.

9 1881.  Sir W. Thomson, in Nature, XXIV. 435/2. To transmit electro-magnetically the work of waterfalls.

10 1828.  F. Watkins (title), A Popular Sketch of Electro-Magnetism.

11 1830.  Sir J. Herschel, Stud. Nat. Phil., 94. Oërsted’s great discovery of electro-magnetism.

12 1879.  G. Prescott, Sp. Telephone, 5. Reproducing tones by electro-magnetism.

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