double inductorium
double inductorium
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- Description
- This device, also known as a DuBois-Reymond Inductorium, consists of two induction coils mounted on a board. The reference is to Emil Du Bois-Reymond (1818-1896), an important German electro-physiologist. This example was made Petzold in Leipzig.
- Ref: E. B. Titchener, “The Equipment of a Psychological Laboratory,” American Journal of Psychology 11 (1899-1900): 251-265, on 261.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Apparatus, Testing, Psychological
- double inductorium
- Other Terms
- Apparatus, Testing, Psychological; Diagnostic Medicine
- date made
- 1890s
- used at
- Cornell University
- maker
- Petzold, Wilh.
- place made
- Germany: Saxony, Leipzig
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal, brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 cm x 8.6 cm x 75 cm; 6 5/16 in x 3 3/8 in x 29 1/2 in
- ID Number
- MG.300427.015
- catalog number
- 300427.015
- accession number
- 300427
- Credit Line
- Cornell University Department of Psychology
- subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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