- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- C. F. Palmer
- Provenance
- Transferred from the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, in 2000.
- Primary inscriptions
- "C.F. PALMER LTD (LONDON) LTD 63A EFFRA ROAD LONDON S.W.2." "EXP. PSYCHOLOGY. OXFORD TEACHING LABS. TL 2102 SN."
- Dimensions
- Height: 160mm Width: 490mm Depth: 258mm Weight: 3.3kg
- Inventory No
- 17366
- Accession Number
- 2000-3/7
Description
A mechanical apparatus used to measure physiological fatigue.
A wood plank has on one end two brass posts with adjustable positions. In front of these is a taller wooden post. These three posts were probably used to position and isolate movement in certain components of the body (i.e. fingers). At the other end of the plank is a metal plate with clips for recording paper on either end that slides perpendicular to the plank along a toothed rack between two metal beams. On top, along two rods that connect these beams slides a metal bar with a rope tied to it. Behind the beams is a brass pulley wheel.
