Mechanical Model of the Inner Ear
date: label: date made
content: 1890s
name: label: used at
content: Cornell University
label: maker
content: Jung, Rudolph
notes: label: Description
content: Rudolf Jung, the mechanical and optical instrument maker in Heidelberg who made this model of the human ear, referred to it as “Helmholtz’s model of the mechanism of the auditory organs.” Herman von Helmholtz was a noted German physician and physicist.
label: Description
content: Ref: Rudolf Jung, <i>Preis-Verzeichniss über Instrumente und Apparate aux des mechanischen Werkstätte von Rudolf Jung in Heidelberg</i> (Stuttgart, 1893), p. 15.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Anatomy
label: Subject
content: Education
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Cornell University Department of Psychology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.300427.161
label: catalog number
content: 300427.161
label: accession number
content: 300427
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Model, Human Ear, Mechanical
label: Object Name
content: anatomical model
label: Object Name
content: mechanical model
label: Object Name
content: model, human ear, mechanical
label: Other Terms
content: Model, Human Ear, Mechanical; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24.5 cm x 32.4 cm x 17.5 cm; 9 5/8 in x 12 3/4 in x 6 7/8 in