Fork, tuning
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 100 VD
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2009.0009.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Koenig, Rudolph
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Paris, France
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ferrous metal fork and screw/ non-ferrous metal nut and part
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 45.0 cm
- Width
- 5.1 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Acoustics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Koenig
- Country
- France
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Paris
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
A piece of French made equipment from the original laboratories of one of Canada's premier research schools. These apparatus derive from the earliest days of physics teaching at Western University in London (1920s). In the late nineteenth century, Canadian scientists such as J.C. McLennan (Canada's first PhD in physics in 1900, U of T) learned the basics of physics using these apparatus. The maker, Rudolph Koenig, was influential in helping Prof. James Loudon establish the first teaching laboratory in Canada in the 1870s and 80s, which was emulated at other schools such as Queen's, Western and McGill. These particular apparatus were probably obtained c. 1920 by Raymond Compton Dearle, who had done a PHD at the University of Toronto under J.C. McLennan. The French connection is also significant. In the late nineteenth century, every college and university in Canada and the United States bought instruments from Paris. They were deemed an essential part of early research and teaching. - Function
-
An instrument which, when struck, audibly reproduces a note of a definite pitch - Technical
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An early acoustical instrument. The manufacturer's catalogue (Ref. 2) describes an identical or similar item as a Tuning fork with sliding weights for Bezold's continuous progression of tones, for testing sensitivity of the ear to sound (Ref. 2). Acoustical demonstrations were an enormously popular part of basic science and physics education during the nineteenth century. They were the foundation of fundamental studies in physics, musicology and psychology. Teaching laboratories and conservatories across Europe and North America had large acoustical collections for demonstrating and experimenting with sound phenomena; acoustical instruments were also used extensively for public lectures on "the science of musical sounds." Rudolph Koenig (1832-1901) was the most prolific and influential acoustical maker of the nineteenth century. He pioneered graphical and optical acoustics and perfected the making of tuning forks. He began work as a violin maker for J.B. Vuillaume and moved into the precision instrument trade in Paris during its height (1830-1880). His workshop on Quai d'Anjou, which was based on the master artisan model, was a popular meeting place in Paris for scientists, musicians, physicians and science agents. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- incised '100 VD' and "K' logo on one side
- Missing
- unknown
- Finish
- plated? fork/ plated shaft/ gold coloured nut and screws
- Decoration
- N/A
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Koenig, Rudolph, Fork, tuning, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2009.0009, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2009.0009.001/
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