Manometric Capsule and Stand
Unknown Maker
about 1920
Round cast iron base. Brass stem. Wooden sphere on top made of two sections. Three brass tubes of various diameters run into the sphere. The largest is a sound input. The bottom tube is a gas input. Top tube is a gas burner.
Overall: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.34171
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Acoustics
Not on view
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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