Tuning Fork
notes: label: Description
content: When this tuning fork is activated, slots in the metal "wings" attached to the end of each tine overlap, allowing a beam of light shining on the slots to pass through in segments. The number of segments passing through each second is related to the frequency of the fork (in this instance, 87.6 vibrations per second). Presumably, this light could be used much as the light from a stroboscope
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Colorado State University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0297.06
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0297.06
label: accession number
content: 2005.0297
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tuning fork
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/16 in x 1 1/8 in x 11 in; 1.17793 cm x 2.8575 cm x 27.94 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 1 in x 11 in; .635 cm x 2.54 cm x 27.94 cm