Sound Pendulum
name: label: used at
content: Cornell University
label: maker
content: C. H. Stoelting Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Volkmann sound pendulum consists of a graduated arc, a pendulum with a hard rubber bob, and a block of ebony, so designed that the intensity of the sound produced, when the bob hits the block, is proportional to the height of fall of the bob. The first example was made by Alfred W. Volkmann (1800-1877), a German physiologist. An inscription on the base of this one reads "CH STOELTING CO / CHICAGO ILL"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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.300427.009
label: catalog number
content: 300427.009
label: collector/donor number
content: GS22
label: accession number
content: 300427
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pendulum, Sound
label: Object Name
content: sound pendulum
label: Other Terms
content: Pendulum, Sound; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 5 3/4 in x 21 1/16 in; 38.1 cm x 14.59992 cm x 53.50002 cm