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spring driven kymograph and accessories
spring driven kymograph and accessories

spring driven kymograph and accessories

Inventory Number2009-1-0059
ClassificationKymograph
Maker Harvard Apparatus Company 1901-present
Inventor William Townsend Porter 1862 - 1949
Dimensions41 x 25 x 16.4 cm (16 1/8 x 9 13/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Accessories"CATALOG, apparatus for research and teaching in physilogy and allied science", Harvard Apparatus Company, Inc., CHSI library. "A LABORATORY COURSE IN PHYSIOLOGY", Walter B. Cannon, 1913. CHSI Library
DescriptionMetal with 1 fan in place. Accessories a. Speed governors (fans): 10 small; 8 medium; 8 narrow; 1 off-set & squarish; 16 large
b. 30 metal rods ending in rectangular head containing spring adjusting device. Most all have numbers. The head of 27 are mounted in line with the rod. 3 are mounted at right angles.
c. 16 metal rods ending with a metal disk, most all are numbered, There is a disk and cap for a 17th.
d. 1 metal rod extending from a short cylinder with hollow tube in the middle.
e. 8 metal rods ending in metal adjustable clamps or ?. 1 is in two pieces, 1 has tappered clamp arms.
f. 3 metal rods ending in metal clamps with teeth.
g. 1 metal rod ending an electro-magnetic device.
h. 1 metal rod ending a metal device with a rotating, tappering tube.
i. 3 miscellanous metal pieces: 1 rod threaded at both ends, 1 screw, 1 clamp
j. 1 hollow metal rod, threaded at one end, a wood (?) rod inserted in the other.
label on it "Phipps & Bird/Inc./ Richmond, Virginia"
Signedunsigned
ProvenanceGift from Reiner Beeuwkes, Professor Emeritus, Harvard Medical School, Department of Physiology, Boston, MA.
metal rods ending in metal adjustable clamps
Harvard Apparatus Company
Accessories: "CATALOG, apparatus for research and teaching in physilogy and allied science", Harvard Apparatus Company, Inc., CHSI library. "A LABORATORY COURSE IN PHYSIOLOGY", Walter B. Cannon, 1913. CHSI Library
Object number: 2009-1-0059e
metal rods ending in metal clamps with teeth
Harvard Apparatus Company
Accessories: "CATALOG, apparatus for research and teaching in physilogy and allied science", Harvard Apparatus Company, Inc., CHSI library. "A LABORATORY COURSE IN PHYSIOLOGY", Walter B. Cannon, 1913. CHSI Library
Object number: 2009-1-0059f
metal rods ending in rectangular head containing spring adjusting device
Harvard Apparatus Company
Accessories: "CATALOG, apparatus for research and teaching in physiology and allied science", Harvard Apparatus Company, Inc., CHSI library. "A LABORATORY COURSE IN PHYSIOLOGY", Walter B. Cannon, 1913. CHSI Library
Object number: 2009-1-0059b
hollow metal  rod
Harvard Apparatus Company
Accessories: "CATALOG, apparatus for research and teaching in physilogy and allied science", Harvard Apparatus Company, Inc., CHSI library. "A LABORATORY COURSE IN PHYSIOLOGY", Walter B. Cannon, 1913. CHSI Library
Object number: 2009-1-0059j
metal rod ending a metal device with a rotating, tappering tube
Harvard Apparatus Company
Accessories: "CATALOG, apparatus for research and teaching in physilogy and allied science", Harvard Apparatus Company, Inc., CHSI library. "A LABORATORY COURSE IN PHYSIOLOGY", Walter B. Cannon, 1913. CHSI Library
Object number: 2009-1-0059h
metal rods ending with a metal disk
Harvard Apparatus Company
Accessories: "CATALOG, apparatus for research and teaching in physilogy and allied science", Harvard Apparatus Company, Inc., CHSI library. "A LABORATORY COURSE IN PHYSIOLOGY", Walter B. Cannon, 1913. CHSI Library
Object number: 2009-1-0059c
metal rod ending an electro-magnetic device
Harvard Apparatus Company
Accessories: "CATALOG, apparatus for research and teaching in physilogy and allied science", Harvard Apparatus Company, Inc., CHSI library. "A LABORATORY COURSE IN PHYSIOLOGY", Walter B. Cannon, 1913. CHSI Library
Object number: 2009-1-0059g
miscellaneous metal pieces
Harvard Apparatus Company
Accessories: "CATALOG, apparatus for research and teaching in physilogy and allied science", Harvard Apparatus Company, Inc., CHSI library. "A LABORATORY COURSE IN PHYSIOLOGY", Walter B. Cannon, 1913. CHSI Library
Object number: 2009-1-0059i
speed governors (fans)
Harvard Apparatus Company
Accessories: "CATALOG, apparatus for research and teaching in physilogy and allied science", Harvard Apparatus Company, Inc., CHSI library. "A LABORATORY COURSE IN PHYSIOLOGY", Walter B. Cannon, 1913. CHSI Library
Object number: 2009-1-0059a
metal rod
Harvard Apparatus Company
Accessories: "CATALOG, apparatus for research and teaching in physilogy and allied science", Harvard Apparatus Company, Inc., CHSI library. "A LABORATORY COURSE IN PHYSIOLOGY", Walter B. Cannon, 1913. CHSI Library
Object number: 2009-1-0059d
"chaff,  "rope", and other radar contermeasures in box
Reynolds Metal Company
Date: circa 1944
Accessories: see Description for itemized list
Object number: 1997-1-0796a