Hall's Inclined Plane

Description:

The “Ziegler Electric Co. Mfr's Boston” inscription on this inclined plane apparatus refers to a firm that began trading as such in 1894. The form was often attributed to Edwin Herbert Hall, professor of physics at Harvard University.

Ref: Edwin Herbert Hall, Suggestions for Teachers Using Hall’s Elements of Physics (New York, 1912), p. 77.

User: The Rayen SchoolMaker: Ziegler Electric Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, BostonUsed: United States: Ohio, Youngstown

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Credit Line: Richard J. Zitto

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2010.0235.20Catalog Number: 2010.0235.20Accession Number: 2010.0235

Object Name: deleteHall's inclined plane

Measurements: overall: 10 in x 15 3/4 in x 4 3/16 in; 25.4 cm x 40.005 cm x 10.668 cmoverall: 10 1/8 in x 16 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 25.7175 cm x 41.275 cm x 9.525 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-6e85-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1409602

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