Dynamometer
date: label: date made
content: around 1984
label: date made
content: early 1970s
name: label: maker
content: J. A. Preston Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This aluminum device was designed to test the strength of hand muscles. A tag on the bottom reads “J. A. PRESTON CORP.” The J. A. Preston Corp. specialized in rehabilitation products.
label: Description
content: Ref: J. A. Preston Corp., <i>Preston Equipment for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation</i> (New York, 1968), p. 111.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the J.A. Preston Corporation, through Thomas E. Mitchell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0750.12
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0750.12
label: accession number
content: 1984.0750
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dynamometer, hand
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 3 5/8 in x 1 in; 5.715 cm x 9.2075 cm x 2.54 cm