Differential Resonator
notes: label: Description
content: Edward Hunter Murfee (1845-1932) was a graduate of the University of Alabama who served in the Civil War, taught physics in the post-war period, and later served as President of the University of Arkansas. In 1912, he obtained a patent for a differential resonator that was suitable for teachers of music or physics. This example is inscribed “Manufactured by Consolidated Optical Co., Ltd. Toronto.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Edward H. Murfee, “Differential Resonator,” U.S. Patent 1,044,227 (Nov. 2, 1912).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Canada: Ontarian, Toronto
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: United States Military Academy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315741
label: catalog number
content: 315741
label: accession number
content: 217544
objectType: label: Object Name
content: resonator
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 15/16 in x 18 5/8 in x 4 in; 7.46125 cm x 47.3075 cm x 10.16 cm