Color Wheel
Unknown Maker
20th century
Paper color circles, adjustable for variations are mounted in a 10 in. diameter wheel. The wheel is mounted on a green enameled tripod stand with a 5 in. diameter turning wheel with a small handle. The total height of the apparatus is 17 in.. It has a piece of rubber tubing connecting the driving wheel to the driven wheel. The instrument is from the physics demonstration lab and does not appear to be the same one in the Bly pictures.
Overall: 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.34576
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Optics
Not on view
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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