Object Details
- Description
- The “WILH. PETZOLD / LEIPZIG” nameplate on the base of this electromagnetic tuning fork is that of a German mechanician who began in business in the late nineteenth century, and who specialized in physiological apparatus.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- used at
- Cornell University
- maker
- Petzold, Wilh.
- Credit Line
- Cornell University Department of Psychology
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18.2 cm x 13.5 cm x 44.5 cm; 7 3/16 in x 5 5/16 in x 17 1/2 in
- Object Name
- Tuning Fork, Electromagnetic
- electromagnetic tuning fork
- Other Terms
- Tuning Fork, Electromagnetic; Diagnostic Medicine
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