Hipp Chronoscope
name: label: used at
content: Cornell University
label: maker
content: Peyer, Favarger et Cie
notes: label: Description
content: A chronoscope is a sophisticated clock that measures minute intervals of time. This one is of the form designed by Matthäus Hipp, a German clockmaker who settled in Switzerland during the political turmoil of 1848. The “Peyer, Favarger et Cie. / Neuchatel, Suisse / N. 13482” inscription on the dial refers to the name of the firm following Hipp’s retirement in 1889.
label: Description
content: Wilhelm Wundt, an influential professor at the University of Leipzig, recommended the use of Hipp chronoscopes for psychological and physiological experiments in his textbook, <i>Grundzüge der physiologischen Psychologie</i> (1874). As American academics began following Wundt’s work, chronoscopes were found on campuses across the country. This one comes from Cornell University, home of one of the largest and most productive American graduate programs in the field.
label: Description
content: Ref: Thomas Schraven, “The Hipp Chronoscope,” http://vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/documents/schraven_art13.pdf
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.300427.002
label: catalog number
content: 300427.002
label: accession number
content: 300427
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Chronoscope
label: Object Name
content: chronoscope
label: Other Terms
content: Chronoscope; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 in x 10 5/8 in x 9 in; 53.34 cm x 26.9875 cm x 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 53.5 cm x 27.3 cm x 21.8 cm; 21 1/16 in x 10 3/4 in x 8 9/16 in