Pipe, organ

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OBJECT TYPE: DEMO./MANOMETRIC FLAME/3 PORT
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0250.002

MANUFACTURER: Koenig, Rudolph
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Paris, France

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD AND METAL CONSTRUCTION; SOME SMALL AREAS OF RUBBER TUBING REMAIN ON PIPES.

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.0 cm
Width: 10.5 cm
Height: 84.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Acoustics
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 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: USED WITH OTHER EQUIPMENT TO ANALYSE SOUNDS.
Technical: WOODEN ORGAN PIPES FITTED WITH OUTLETS FOR THREE MANOMETRICFLAMES. IN HIS MANOMETRIC FLAME APPARATUS, KOENIG USED A TUBE TO TRANSMIT SOUND TO A MEMBRANE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WHICH A GAS SUPPLY FED A JET. VARIATIONS IN SOUND PRESSURE WERE TRANSMITTED TO THE FLAME, WHICH JERKED UP AND DOWN ACCORDING TO THE NATURE OF THE SOUNDS RECEIVED. A CUBE OF MIRRORS WAS POSITIONED NEARBY, TO MAKE THE FLAME SHAPE MORE CLEARLY VISIBLE TO ALL OBSERVERS. (REF. 3)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " RUDOLPH KOENIG/ A PARIS " stamped into one side of tube. Flame ports labelled (from open end) "N2", "N1/ V2", and "N2"; "V" stamped at each end of this same side panel.
Missing: From CA of 12/12/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: NATURAL WOOD FINISH; BRIGHT LACQUERED AND BLACK METAL FITTINGS.
Decoration: N/A

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Koenig, Rudolph, Pipe, organ, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1998.0250, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0250.002/

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