Siren
date: label: date made
content: 1885
notes: label: Description
content: In 1851, a Prussian scientist named Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (1803-1879) described a siren that could produce several tones at once. In this form, the discs have four rings, each of which have a different number of holes. The inscription on this example reads “De Pauw University, Made for Prof. J. B. De Motte, by W. H. Stanton, 1885.”
label: Description
content: Ref: H. W. Dove, “Beschribung einger Lochsirene fur gleichzeitige Erregung mehrerr Tone,” <i>Annalen der Physik und Chemie</i> 82 (1851): 596-597.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. French Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.319791
label: accession number
content: 240149
label: catalog number
content: 319791
objectType: label: Object Name
content: siren
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in; 34.29 cm x 14.605 cm x 14.605 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall on stand: 15 1/2 in x 6 3/8 in x 5 3/4 in; 39.37 cm x 16.1925 cm x 14.605 cm