Sonometer
name: label: maker
content: Forschner, Charles
notes: label: Description
content: This two-string sonometer came from the Physics Department at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and was probably made in the workshop established by the Professor of Physics, Francis Cuyler Van Dyke. Each of the two spring scales is marked “Warranted and Made by C. Forschner, New York Made in U.S.A.”
label: Description
content: Charles Forschner began making scales in New Britain, Ct., in 1855, and later moved to New York City. His son, Richard Forschner, renamed the firm R. H. Forschner, and began importing European cutlery, including the Victorinox Swiss Army Knives. The Forschner family sold the business in 1957.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Rutgers University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.327649
label: catalog number
content: 327649
label: accession number
content: 268279
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sonometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 68 in x 7 in; 10.795 cm x 172.72 cm x 17.78 cm