Fall Apparatus
Central Scientific Company (CENCO), Chicago, Illinois
about 1938
Cast iron trip with leveling screws, two vertical rods of steel, sliding carriage with tuning fork for timing mark, missing upper support for glass plate (vertical)
Overall: 64 in. (162.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2007.1.42
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Mechanics
Not on view
Published References
CENCO cat. J-136, p. 1142, Model 74915.
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2007.
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