Stoehrer Lissajous Apparatus
probably Max Kohl, Chemnitz, Germany
about 1900
Hand crank with wooden handle attached to central, geared wheel. Two smaller gears of brass attached to cast iron with wood base. Comes with a series of gears marked with specific numbers.
Overall: 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.34025
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Acoustics
Not on view
Published References
Max Kohl, Catalogue, vol. II. (1909), 451; Also see E. Leybold's catalogue, p. 207.
Provenance
Physics Department, Dartmouth College; transferred by Professor Allen King to the Dartmouth College Museum, 1964; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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