The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-18
TO n IsTKR e r. OF STRENGTH.
DR.. Anderson's ErGoGraph Has Worked
Successfully at ale.

New HAVEN. March 13.-How a man who
directs the physical exercise Of the 2. 100 stu
dents OF one of the largest American univer-
stiles. besides having In his charge the gym
nasium In which this great number OF men are
practising constantly, can end tim to turn his
attention. or a part OF II. to inventions Is q
puzzle TO most Of the people hero; but DR., viii.
lam @. Anderson. associate director Of the
Yale gymnasium. has just com pleted o machine
which he calls the ergograph which promises
70 revolutionize the methods OF obtaining the
results derived from the indulgence In gym
pastic work. The ergograph. which Is another
word for work writer which the Yale physical
director originated. has been set up In the
gymnasium. where II received a thorough test
the past week. The mission OF the machine Ia
10 register in foo. pounds the exact effort made
In the performance OF any feat Of strength which
can be accom- plished In O gymnasium. N is
used 10 ascertain the relative and comparative
strength Of individual groups OF muscles, The
machine determines exactly. and "a slow or
rapid perform ance Of the person whose efforts
are being registered cannot a1ect II, the ergo
graph cannot be cheated.
The appliance itself is u most curious looking
piece OF mechanism. On an iron upright, with
shaped piece OF board with paper pasted upon
It, Behind the board are email sprinss and cog
wheel. like the works OF a clock, Extending
the end OF which is fastened 9 rome with a
leather strap or belt attached That IL the APP
pearance i presents to the average spectator.
paper. In reality, however. when is workings
are watched and explained by its inventor i II
really one OF the most simple OF modern scien-
The amount OF work a man does with his
muscles Is recorded on q moving surface by
means OF a stylus attached to the short end Of
attached. by means OF the leather straps. to a
mans body. and the ends are SO calibrated that
ifin the performance Of O test OF muscle tho
tached moved two and. one.half feet through
the air. the stylus records a line OF one inch at
the recording surface. The machinery, which
and is to be controlled ia such an easy manner
that a small boy could operate the machine,
Previous, to the completion ot the ergoeraph
work as regards benefits 10 the body were only
atfalne! by a process OF the most complicated
sort and unintellieible 20 the ordinary gym
complete measur"ments 81 an athlete. which
show comparisons with the same muscles on
the other, side OF the body. can be had. The
usage Of al. sorts. The measurements. which
are always In plain sight. are recorded on card.
board with q pencil and can easily be computed
0ne prime reason that ed to the invention OF
the machine was TINT DR.. Anderson wished to
mine exactly the owe used by athletes In
what Ia ca He'd the 'push.up' and the "pulI-up."
the exercises upon which the intercollegiate
individual strength chamionship is determined;
The doctor Ia at present con 1nlng his physical
researches with the machine to ascertain the
strength 10 the .biceps muscles. the front up
per arm and forearm and the 'Iattissimus
dorsi" or SHES OF the trunks. The amount OF
work done by each man is computed in pound-.
and II can be seen by this that the man who
est physical development. ~.
It is not known whether Or. Anderson will
have his ergograph patented or not. put IT'S
manufacture OF the machines. a. he 10 vented
the appliance simply 70 revolutionize the
meth DDS by which strength tests and records
we're attained and to help him In his work.