Fall Apparatus
name: label: used at
content: Cornell University
notes: label: Description
content: Matthäus Hipp devised the fall apparatus in order to control his chronoscope. In use, an ivory ball drops from a variable height upon a metal plate, breaking and making electrical contacts as it falls.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.300427.006
label: catalog number
content: 300427.006
label: accession number
content: 300427
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Apparatus, Fall
label: Object Name
content: fall apparatus
label: Other Terms
content: Apparatus, Fall; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 66.1 cm x 20.4 cm x 25.1 cm; 26 in x 8 1/16 in x 9 7/8 in