Horopter

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Description:

Horopter—or optical demonstration device—with a “WILH. PETZOLD / LEIPZIG” inscription.

Ref: Wilhelm Petzold, Preis-Verzeichniss der Werkstätte für Präcisions-Mechanik von Wilh. Petzold: Abtheilung der Instrumente und Apparate für physiologische Experimente und Vivisectionen (1891), p. 41.

Used At: Cornell UniversityMaker: Petzold, Wilh.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany: Saxony, Leipzig

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Credit Line: Cornell University Department of Psychology

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.300427.178Catalog Number: 300427.178Accession Number: 300427

Object Name: Apparatus, Line of Sightdemonstration apparatushoropterOther Terms: Apparatus, Line of Sight; Diagnostic Medicine

Physical Description: metal (overall material)felt (overall material)Measurements: overall: 49.2 cm x 52.2 cm x 19.8 cm; 19 3/8 in x 20 9/16 in x 7 13/16 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-38d3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_733916

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