Sound-level Meter, Type 1565-A
General Radio Co., Concord, Massachusetts
about 1965
Gray plastic case, meter from -6 to 10 decibles, brown leather carrying case with shoulder strap, type 1565-A, serial 131, with operating instructions booklet and mimeographed "preliminary operating instructions"
Overall: 3 × 2 × 8 in. (7.6 × 5.1 × 20.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2007.1.51
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Acoustics
Not on view
Published References
"GR Experimenter", Oct. / Nov. 1964
Provenance
Physics Department, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine; given to the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, March 2007.
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