Pulley Demonstration Apparatus
notes: label: Description
content: This handsome pulley demonstration apparatus marked "Harris & CO. 50 HIGH HOLBORN LONDON" was among the instruments bought by Frederick Hall, a Dartmouth graduate who became a tutor at Middlebury College in 1805, and then spent two years abroad, attending universities and scientific lectures, and purchasing apparatus for the school. Hall was later named professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Middlebury.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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.315192
label: accession number
content: 216217
label: catalog number
content: 315192
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pulley Demonstration Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 54 cm x 35.3 cm x 14 cm; 21 1/4 in x 13 29/32 in x 5 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 1/8 in x 14 1/2 in x 5 7/16 in; 53.6575 cm x 36.83 cm x 13.81125 cm