Metronoscope
notes: label: Description
content: The “METRONOSCOPE” inscription on the case of this instrument refers to a device that exposes written material at timed intervals, in order to facilitate the development of reading skills and speed. This probably dates from the 1930s.
label: Description
content: Earl Aulick Taylor (1901-1965), aided by his brothers James and Carl, created the Ophthalmograph and the Metronoscope, two devices used to record eye movement during reading and to train people to read more effectively.
label: Description
content: Ref: “MACHINES TO SPEED STUDENTS’ READING,” New York Times (June 26, 1951), p. 31.
label: Description
content: “DR. EARL TAYLOR, TAUGHT READING,” New York Times (Nov. 19, 1965), p. 39.
label: Description
content: Earl A. Taylor, Controlled Reading: A Correlation of Diagnostic, Teaching and Corrective Techniques (Chicago, 1937).
label: Description
content: Earl A. Taylor, James Y. Taylor, and Carl C. Taylor, “Art of Orthoptic Training,” U.S. Patent 2,110,344 (March 8, 1938), assigned to Educational Laboratories in Brownwood, Texas.
label: Description
content: Earl A. Taylor, “Means and Method of Treating Eyes,” U.S. Patent 2.184,131 (Dec. 19, 1939), assigned to Educational Laboratories in Brownwood, Texas.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: associated subject
content: Orthoptics
label: associated subject
content: Ophthalmology
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ruth Fisher
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302437.08.01
label: catalog number
content: M-14614
label: accession number
content: 302437
label: catalog number
content: 302437.08.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Rolls, Reading, Metronoscope, Set of
label: Object Name
content: metronoscope
label: Object Name
content: metronoscope
label: Other Terms
content: Rolls, Reading, Metronoscope, Set of; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/8 in x 13 in x 10 1/4 in; 23.8125 cm x 33.02 cm x 26.035 cm