Dynamic Cart for PSSC Physics
date: label: Date made
content: early 1960s
notes: label: Description
content: This wooden cart was designed to show the relation between a force exerted on an object and the velocity of that object. It was simple and inexpensive, made from short pieces of 2" x 4" and three roller skate wheels. This example was made by Grisell and Kaiel, students at Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland, Oregon, in the early 1960s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Sputnik
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Benson Polytechnic High School
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0040.01
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0040.01
label: accession number
content: 2007.0040
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dynamic cart
label: Object Name
content: cart
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 11 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 29.21 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 11 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in; 7.9375 cm x 29.21 cm x 13.335 cm