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- OBJECT TYPE
- DEMONSTRATION/LARGE FORM/2048 Hz/4096 VS/
- DATE
- 1880–1895
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0248.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Koenig, Rudolph
- MODEL
- UT 1
- LOCATION
- Paris, France
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.4 cm
- Width
- 2.4 cm
- Height
- 8.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Demonstration & teaching equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Koenig
- Country
- France
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Paris
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THESE TUNING FORKS PROBABLY USED C. 1890S +
- Canada
-
PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHYSICS LABORATORY AND CLASSROOM DEMONSTRATION APPARATUS FROM MCMASTER UNIVERSITY. FOUNDED IN 1887 MCMASTER WAS ORIGINALLY A BAPTIST INSTITUTION, AND WAS LOCATED IN TORONTO. IN 1930 THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS STUDENT POPULATION OF 500 WAS MOVED TO HAMILTON, ONT. (REF. 1) - Function
-
WHEN STRUCK, TO AUDIBLY REPRODUCE A NOTE OF A DEFINITE PITCH. - Technical
-
2 LARGE FORM TUNING FORKS, DESIGNED TO BE MOUNTED IN TANDEM, ON A STAND. IN HIS 1889 CATALOGUE, KOENIG OFFEREDTHESE FORKS IN SETS OF 8 AND 12 (NOS. 201 & 202). THEY COULD BE USED IN DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS TO DEMONSTRATE DIFFRACTION AND INTERFERENCE OF SOUND. (REF. 2) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " UT/ 6 / 4096 VS/ R K " incised
- Missing
- FORKS ARE COMPLETE; DESIGNED TO BE MOUNTED ON A STAND. From CA of 12/12/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Koenig, Rudolph, Fork, tuning, circa 1880–1895, Artifact no. 1998.0248, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0248.001/
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