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Description: | W.G. PYE Co. CAMBRIDGE ENG. (maker's trade mark moulded into the cast iron base). 7102 B (serial number moulded into the underside of the cast iron base). MANU W.G. Pye & Company. circa 1900 Granta Works, Mill Lane, Cambridge, England. DES after NEEFF,Christian,Ernst. 1839 Frankfurt am Maine, Germany. This is an electrically maintained 10 Hz time base or chronoscope. There is a metal mirror at the end of a spring arm that once it is set to motion continues to vibrate under the action of an electromagnet and a contact switch. It was probably used to measure reaction times due to optical stimuli. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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