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Nobili's flat coil
    • Setting:
      Room XIII
    • Inventor:
      Leopoldo Nobili
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      ca. 1830
    • Materials:
      wood, mahogany, copper, brass
    • Dimensions:
      total height 105 mm, base diameter 88 mm
    • Inventory:
      465
    • Nobili's flat coil (Inv. 465)

Leopoldo Nobili's flat coil wound in a spiral and set on a mahogany disk supported on a pedestal. The ends of the spiral are connected to two screw-terminals. Provenance: Lorraine collections.