Vibrometer
notes: label: Description
content: This small Vibrometer made by The Vibroscope Co., of Glenford, N.Y. contains a mirror reflecting a light beam from a neon lamp. When brought into contact with a vibrating object, the mirror quivers, moving the beam back and forth. Peter Davey received an Edward Longstreth Medal for this invention.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Instruments for Studying Machine Vibrations,” Marine Engineering & Shipping Age (May 1, 1926): 289.
label: Description
content: Peter Davey, “Instrument for Studying Vibrations and for Other Purposes,” U.S. Patent 1,949,603 (March 6, 1934), assigned to Vibroscope, Inc.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0837.22
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0837.22
label: accession number
content: 1986.0837
objectType: label: Object Name
content: vibrometer
label: Object Name
content: Vibrometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 6 in x 1/2 in; 23.495 cm x 15.24 cm x 1.27 cm