Sound Pendulum
Sound Pendulum
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- Description
- This consists of a graduated arc, a pendulum with a hard rubber bob, and a block of ebony, so designed that the intensity of the sound produced, when the bob hits the block, is proportional to the height of fall of the bob. The first device of this sort was made by Alfred W. Volkmann (1800-1877), a German physiologist.
- Ref: C. H. Stoelting Co., Psychological and Physiological Apparatus and Supplies (Chicago, 1930), p. 37.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Pendulum, Sound
- sound pendulum
- memory drum
- Other Terms
- Pendulum, Sound; Diagnostic Medicine
- date made
- around 1900
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- cloth (overall material)
- ebony (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 39.5 cm x 14.8 cm x 52.6 cm; 15 9/16 in x 5 13/16 in x 20 11/16 in
- ID Number
- MG.300427.007
- catalog number
- 300427.007
- accession number
- 300427
- Credit Line
- Cornell University Department of Psychology
- subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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