Hipp Chronoscope
Payer Favarger & Cie, Swiss
about 1900
Metal and wood
Height: 22 in. (55.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Mrs. Alice Runyon, The Dr. Hugh Grant Rowell Historic Clock Collection, by exchange
2018.36
Geography
Place Made: Switzerland, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Time
Not on view
Exhibition History
Catching Milliseconds, April 2019-July 2021, Kresge Library Exhibition, Dartmouth College. Catching Milliseconds was curated by Lorraine Zaki, Lebanon HS ’19, and Rich Kremer, Department of History, with help from Jane Quigley and Sara Schechner. Alan Goldblatt, Ray Aubut, and Chris Grant built the model of Hipp’s mechanism.
Provenance
Esoterica Curiosa, Dale Beeks, Mount Vernon, Iowa; sold to present collection, 2018.
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