Chronograph
date: label: date made
content: around 1900
name: label: maker
content: Societe Genevoise d’Instruments de Physique
notes: label: Description
content: This instrument, made by the Societe Genevoise pour la Construction d’Instruments de Physique et de Mechanique, seems to be an example of the “Chronograph, with R. Thury’s electric motor and regulator.” René Thury was a Swiss electrical engineer who apprenticed with and worked for the Societe Genevoise. The original Thury motor in this instrument has been replaced with one with label reading: "Warren Telechron Co. / Ashland MAss USA / Synchronous Motor, 1 RPM / 100 v / 12 W."
label: Description
content: Ref: Societe Genevoise pour la Construction d’Instruments de Physique et de Mechanique, <i>Appendix to the Illustrated Price List of Physical and Mechanical Instruments</i> (Geneva, 1903), p. 10.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bowdoin College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0477.11
label: accession number
content: 1992.0477
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0477.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chronograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/4 in x 29 in x 11 1/2 in; 22.225 cm x 73.66 cm x 29.21 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 29 1/4 in x 11 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 74.295 cm x 29.21 cm