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Dual Tracking Task Apparatus, Probably by C.F. Palmer, London, c.1920

Inventory Number 67865

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.67865

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, in 2000.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Physical material
brass
wood
aluminum
Dimensions
Height: 235mm Width: 445mm Depth: 355mm Weight: 13.5kg
Inventory No
67865
Accession Number
2000-3/5

Description

This mechanical instrument was used in psychology laboratories to study eye-hand coordination.

It is a wood box containing gearwork that controls three small moving platforms which are visible through a arc-shaped opening in the top of the box. One of these platforms can be moved by a brass knob slider on the top of the box, and another can be moved by turning an aluminum dial also on top of the box. A section at the front of the box opens on hinges to reveal the gearwork and a setting marked "SLOW FAST". There is a black lacquered dial at the front of the box for winding the gearwork and, next to this, another small pull lever.

This instrument was used at the Institute of Experimental Psychology (IEP), University of Oxford c. 1948. Acquisition information states it was made by C.F. Palmer c. 1920 or earlier.

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