Electropsychometer
name: label: maker
content: Mathison, Volney G.
notes: label: Description
content: Volney G. Mathison (1897-1965) was an American chiropractor, writer, and inventor. His electropsycometer, which the Church of Scientology termed an E-meter, was designed to read electrodermal activity. This example, a Model E-54, was made by the Arcon Mfg. Co. in Los Angeles. It was seized by the FDA, and transferred to the Smithsonian in 1967.
label: Description
content: Ref: Volney G. Mathison, “Electropsycometer or Bioelectronic Instrument,” U.S. Patent 2,684,670 (July 27, 1954).
label: Description
content: Volney G. Mathison, “Electropsycometer or Bioelectronic Instrument,” U.S. Patent 2,736,313 (Feb. 28, 1956).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.274347.004
label: accession number
content: 274347
label: catalog number
content: M-12012
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electropsychometer
label: Object Name
content: electropsycometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 cm x 35.8 cm x 21 cm; 9 27/32 in x 14 3/32 in x 8 9/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 3/8 in x 12 in x 2 1/4 in; 39.0525 cm x 30.48 cm x 5.715 cm