Electric Bell
Unknown Maker
about 1900
Wooden base with wooden upright. Cooper wire on base connects wire coils on base with wire coils on upright. Bell and clapper connected to coils on upright. On top of upright engraved "1E," on side "2E." Next to brass projections on base, "1E" and "2E." In graphite on bottom of base "146x365."
Overall: 5 1/2 × 14 3/16 × 5 11/16 in. (14 × 36 × 14.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.34117
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Acoustics
Not on view
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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