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Nonfiction: The first artificial electromagnet, invented by Sturgeon in 1824. Sturgeon`s original drawing from his 1824 paper to the British Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. The magnet was made of 18 turns of bare copper wire (insulated wire had not yet been invented).
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Attribution: By William Sturgeon - Downloaded August 9, 2008 from Joseph Henry's contributions to the Electromagnet, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 46,761-D, where it is credited to Sturgeon, W. (1824) 'Improved Electro Magnetic Apparatus', Trans. Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Vol.43, Plate 3, fig.13., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4530107
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