Acoustic Apparatus
notes: label: Description
content: This large and complex apparatus was designed for studying the vibratory movements by the stroboscopic method. It was probably made by Rudolph Koenig in Paris. Joseph Henry, the physicist who served as founding Secretary of the Smithsonian, probably bought it for the Institution.
label: Description
content: Ref: Rudolph Koenig, <i>Catalogue des Appareils d’Acoustique</i> (Paris, 1889), p. 92.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.314593.02
label: catalog number
content: 314593.02
label: accession number
content: 205890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: acoustic apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, each: 21 1/2 in x 31 1/2 in x 9 5/8 in; 54.61 cm x 80.01 cm x 24.4475 cm