Wave Demonstration Device
notes: label: Description
content: Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), professor of Experimental Philosophy at King’s College, London, began discussing the need for a wave demonstration device in the 1820s, and had a working model in hand by the late 1840s. This example came from King’s College, and was probably made to his specifications.
label: Description
content: Ref: Brian Bowers, <i>Sir Charles Wheatstone, F.R.S.</i> (London, 2001), p. 44.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0539.40
label: catalog number
content: 323473
label: accession number
content: 1990.0539
objectType: label: Object Name
content: wave demonstration apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.5 cm x 14.6 cm x 53.7 cm; 4 15/16 in x 5 3/4 in x 21 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 23 13/16 in x 5 13/16 in; 13.335 cm x 60.48375 cm x 14.76375 cm