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William Sturgeon's Electromagnet
Sturgeon's 1824 electromagnet
In 1824, William Sturgeon published the paper Improved Electro Magnetic Apparatus while teaching at the East India Company College at Addiscombe, Surrey. This was the first invention and demonstration of a working electromagnet.