Bar, unidentified

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OBJECT TYPE: DEMONSTRATION/STANDS & HOLDERS
DATE: 1870–1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0273.012

MANUFACTURER: Koenig, Rudolph
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Paris, France

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 12
Total Parts: 14
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 20.2 cm
Width: 2.6 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 1.7 cm
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 ITEMS PRESUMABLY USED C. 1870S- 1900S+
Canada: PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHYSICS LABORATORY AND CLASSROOM DEMONSTRATIONAPPARATUS 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: POSSIBLY A TUNING BAR.
Technical: COLLECTION OF STANDS, SUPPORTING BRACKETS AND PRISM MOUNTINGS USED WITH OPTICAL ELEMENTS FROM LEON LAURENT (FL. 1872-1912), AND ACCOUSTIC DEVICES MFD BY RUDOLPH KOENIG (1831-1902).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Bar incised " 8/ UT 6/ 1096 VS/ R K " on one side/ " 4=UT 5= 1024 VD " incised in adjacent sheared edge/ " 12/ SOL 6/ 6144/ VS " incised in adjacent long side edge
Missing: From CA of 12/03/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Undetermined - consists of different stands and pieces, none of which seem complete in themselves
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Koenig, Rudolph, Bar, unidentified, circa 1870–1900, Artifact no. 1998.0273, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0273.012/

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