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Updated: April 30, 2025

Among the first to attempt successfully to exalt the new discovery was Pixii, an instrument maker of Paris, in 1832. He wound two coils of very fine insulated wire upon the ends of a piece of soft iron, bent in a horseshoe form. A permanent horseshoe magnet was then placed with poles very close to the ends of the iron in the coils.

- Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century: Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World