Sound and Science

Tuning Fork Set

Description This set of tuning forks located in the Physics Department of the University of Alberta. They are described in the university legers as “Beat Boxes.” The Parisian  [...]

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Opelt’s Siren Disk

Description The earliest siren is attributed to Charles Cagniard de la Tour in 1819 (See the entry for Cagniard de la Tour Siren) Polyphonic sirens, with concentric  [...]

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Stethoscope

Dull silver metal ear tubes and hinged bracket; off-white synthetic earbuds molded synthetic dark brown/black chest piece; dark brown/brown woven fiber covering on lower portion of  [...]

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Stethoscope

Instrument used to amplify sounds from within the body especially used to listen to heart, pulse, breathing and lungs, so that they may be heard by  [...]

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Stethoscope

Instrument used to amplify sounds from within the body especially used to listen to heart, pulse, breathing and lungs, so that they may be heard by  [...]

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Stethoscope

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Stethoscope

  Allows user to hear sounds from within the body. Especially used to listen to heart, pulse and lungs. As part of the Gila project for Open Medical  [...]

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Stethoscope

Metal headset and chestpiece with synthetic eartips, tubing and chestpiece rim coatings. Grey-blue tubing with silver coloured metal headset with grey synthetic eartips. The chestpiece is  [...]

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Stethoscope

Dull, dark brown moulded synthetic [or rubber or vulcanite ?] ear tubes and chest piece; dull silver and goldtone metal bracket with threaded adjustment mechanism links  [...]

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Stethoscope

Dull silver metal ear tubes have dark brown/black moulded synthetic ear buds. Fitted with small loops: possibly for use with neck suspension chain. Dark brown moulded  [...]

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Tuning fork on resonator

The Case Collection of Physics Instruments (CCPI) has several dozen forks mounted on resonance boxes (see Fig. 1). These were used as frequency standards in research and lecture demonstrations. The  [...]

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Stethoscope

Instrument used to amplify sounds from within the body especially used to listen to heart, pulse, breathing and lungs, so that they may be heard by  [...]

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Stethoscope

Instrument used to amplify sounds from within the body especially used to listen to heart, pulse and lungs.

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