Double Inductorium
date: label: date made
content: 1890s
name: label: used at
content: Cornell University
label: maker
content: Petzold, Wilh.
notes: label: Description
content: This device, also known as a DuBois-Reymond Inductorium, consists of two induction coils mounted on a board. The reference is to Emil Du Bois-Reymond (1818-1896), an important German electro-physiologist.The "WILH PETZOLD / LEIPZIG K.Z. / E1/ A1/ E2/ A2" inscription identifies the maker.
label: Description
content: Ref: E. B. Titchener, “The Equipment of a Psychological Laboratory,” <i>American Journal of Psychology</i> 11 (1899-1900): 251-265, on 261.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Saxony, Leipzig
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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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.300427.015
label: catalog number
content: 300427.015
label: accession number
content: 300427
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Apparatus, Testing, Psychological
label: Object Name
content: double inductorium
label: Other Terms
content: Apparatus, Testing, Psychological; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 cm x 8.6 cm x 75 cm; 6 5/16 in x 3 3/8 in x 29 1/2 in