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OBJECT TYPE: DEMONSTRATION/LARGE FORM/2048 Hz/4096 VS/
DATE: 1880–1895
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0248.001

MANUFACTURER: Koenig, Rudolph
MODEL: UT 1
LOCATION: Paris, France

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 5.4 cm
Width: 2.4 cm
Height: 8.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Demonstration & teaching equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Koenig
Country: France
State/Province: Unknown
City: Paris

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THESE TUNING FORKS PROBABLY USED C. 1890S +
Canada: PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHYSICS LABORATORY AND CLASSROOM DEMONSTRATION APPARATUS FROM MCMASTER UNIVERSITY. FOUNDED IN 1887 MCMASTER WAS ORIGINALLY A BAPTIST INSTITUTION, AND WAS LOCATED IN TORONTO. IN 1930 THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS STUDENT POPULATION OF 500 WAS MOVED TO HAMILTON, ONT. (REF. 1)
Function: WHEN STRUCK, TO AUDIBLY REPRODUCE A NOTE OF A DEFINITE PITCH.
Technical: 2 LARGE FORM TUNING FORKS, DESIGNED TO BE MOUNTED IN TANDEM, ON A STAND. IN HIS 1889 CATALOGUE, KOENIG OFFEREDTHESE FORKS IN SETS OF 8 AND 12 (NOS. 201 & 202). THEY COULD BE USED IN DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS TO DEMONSTRATE DIFFRACTION AND INTERFERENCE OF SOUND. (REF. 2)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " UT/ 6 / 4096 VS/ R K " incised
Missing: FORKS ARE COMPLETE; DESIGNED TO BE MOUNTED ON A STAND. From CA of 12/12/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Koenig, Rudolph, Fork, tuning, circa 1880–1895, Artifact no. 1998.0248, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0248.001/

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