Object Details
- Description
- 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.”
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Forschner, Charles
- Credit Line
- Rutgers University
- Measurements
- overall: 4 1/4 in x 68 in x 7 in; 10.795 cm x 172.72 cm x 17.78 cm
- Object Name
- sonometer
