Quincke's tubes (4)
Datecirca 1900
Inventory NumberWJ0070a,b,c,d
ClassificationQuincke's tubes
Subject
Maker
C. H. Stoelting Company
?
1886-present
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions1.5 x 10.5 x 10 cm (9/16 x 4 1/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
blue board box: 8.9 × 45.7 × 55.9 cm (3 1/2 × 18 × 22 in.)
blue board box: 8.9 × 45.7 × 55.9 cm (3 1/2 × 18 × 22 in.)
Material
Accessoriescork stoppers inserted in tube ends
Descriptionglass tubes of varying length and thickness joined in pairs by a wire. The ends of each pair face each other at slightly less than a right angle. Currently, three of the tubes have a cork stopper, and the fourth, without a stopper, also has one of the tubes broken off.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedthe three intact tubes have an oval label
FunctionFor studying hearing sensations.
Usually part of a set of 12 used to demonstrate different tones Stoelting sold sets of 13 tubes with a range from g 3 - g 4 giving an octave of tones and semitones; tubes were used to demonstrate difference tones, interference of sound, the difference in pitch between open and closed pipes, the effect of overblowing, beats, and for performing experiments in clang-tint. Cork stoppers turned open tubes into closed tubes.
Usually part of a set of 12 used to demonstrate different tones Stoelting sold sets of 13 tubes with a range from g 3 - g 4 giving an octave of tones and semitones; tubes were used to demonstrate difference tones, interference of sound, the difference in pitch between open and closed pipes, the effect of overblowing, beats, and for performing experiments in clang-tint. Cork stoppers turned open tubes into closed tubes.
Carl Zeiss Jena
Date: circa 1926
Accessories: wooden box with two hook-and-eye latches to fasten front opening; in instrument file: instruction book (photocopy); Geissler tube labeled "H2"; carboard tube containing German thermometer C in stainless steel holder that screws into instrument; glass bottle with cork stopper labeled "Monobromnaphthalin, Germany nD=1 658"; small round cardboard box labeled "For Pulfrich Refractometer" containing one tubulure
Object number: 1996-1-0229
W.G. Pye & Company, Ltd.
Date: circa 1920
Accessories: 5 accessory parts:
2 magnetic rods with spherical ends;
one brass notch;
needle with tip inserted into cork;
Object number: 1997-1-0662
Walter Hibbert
Date: early 20th Century
Accessories: 7 accessory parts:
2 magnetic rods with spherical ends;
4 brass notches;
needle with tip inserted into cork;
Object number: 1997-1-0661
American
Date: early 20th-mid 20th Century
Accessories: A cardboard box which contains the plastic box of gypsum and assortment of glass and cork stoppers. Printed on the lid and sides of the cardboard box are the inscriptions, "Dovre / Ski Binding" with an illustration of a downhill skier; "Manufactured by / Dovre Ski Binding Inc. / West Concord, Mass."; "Douvre / Model 300 / Type / $150."
Object number: 1997-1-1947
American
Date: 20th Century
Accessories: 14 stoppers (2 rubber, 12 cork)
Object number: 1998-1-0435
American
Date: 20th Century
Accessories: 34 cork stoppers, 2 rubber ones (one with two holes)
Object number: 1998-1-0547
E. S. Ritchie & Sons
Date: 1870-1890
Accessories: four wooden knobs or stoppers
Object number: 1996-1-0400
C. H. Stoelting Company
Date: dated 1933
Object number: WJ1201a
American
Date: 20th Century
Accessories: 2 cork stoppers
Object number: 1998-1-0546
Rudolph Koenig
Date: circa 1875
Object number: 2000-1-0049
Erie Scientific Company
Date: 1955-1965
Accessories: styrofoam box; test tubes
Object number: 1996-1-0440