Object Details
- Description
- This massive tuning fork and resonator dates from 1908 or later. The inscription on one tag reads “Max Kohl A.G. / Chemnitz 1 SA.” Others read “Made in Germany” and “Imported by James G. Biddle Philadelphia” and “Max Kohl A.G. Chemnitz, 2 volts, 1 amp. No. 2.”
- Ref: Max Kohl A.G., Physical Apparatus (Chemnitz, [1912]), vol. 2, pp. 458.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Max Kohl
- Credit Line
- Gift of Department of Physics, Rutgers University
- Measurements
- overall: 25 in x 25 1/2 in x 12 in; 63.5 cm x 64.77 cm x 30.48 cm
- overall: 24 3/8 in x 25 11/16 in x 11 in; 61.9125 cm x 65.24625 cm x 27.94 cm
- Object Name
- tuning fork and resonator
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