Koenig Sound Analyzer
Rudolph Koenig, Paris, France, German, 1832 - 1901
about 1880
Eight brass spherical resonators of varying size. Attached to left side of steel frame; 4 sided mirror on right side of frame. Rubber hoses connected to manometric capsules. Resonators marked with Koenig's monogram, "RK."
Overall: 34 5/8 in. (88 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.34112
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Acoustics
Not on view
Publication History
David Pantalony, Richard L. Kremer, Francis J. Manasek, Study, Measure, Experiment: Stories of Scientific Instruments at Dartmouth College, Norwich, Vermont: Terra Nova Press, 2005, p. 137, ill.
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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