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FunctionA reflecting galvanometer with a moving magnet is a sensitive instrument that measures small current displacements. When an electric current passes through the wire coil, it induces a magnetic field that causes the magnet and the mirror attached to it to rotate in proportion to the current deflections, and the current deflections can be detected using a scale.
ProvenanceFrom the Department of Physics, Harvard University, 11/19/1956.