Used at:

Cornell University  Search this

Maker:

Zimmermann, Emil  Search this

Physical Description:

wood (overall material)

metal (overall material)

plastic (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 10.2 cm x 10 cm x 50 cm; 4 in x 3 15/16 in x 19 11/16 in

Object Name:

Inductorium

Other Terms:

Inductorium; Diagnostic Medicine

Place made:

Germany: Saxony, Leipzig

Description:

The inductorium devised by the German physiologist Emil Du Bois-Raymond (1818-1896) is an induction coil that produces variable intensity electrical energy. Inscriptions on this example read “E. ZIMMERMANN / LEIPZIG / BERLIN” and “IMPORTED BY / ARTHUR H. THOMAS CO. / PHILADELPHIA.”

Ref: E. Zimmermann, Psychologische und Physiologische Apparate (1912), pp. 133-134.

E. Zimmerman, Wissenschaftliche Apparate (1928), pp. 172-173.

Location:

Currently not on view

Credit Line:

Cornell University Department of Psychology

ID Number:

MG.300427.193

Catalog number:

300427.193

Collector/donor number:

LI9

Accession number:

300427

See more items in:

Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-2ebc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_733957