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History of Science Museum

Wooden Apparatus for Lecture

Inventory Number 10985


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10985

Item type
Object
Physical material
Wood
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 67mm Width: 875mm Depth: 117mm Weight: 2.75kg
Inventory No
10985

Description

Lecture apparatus used by Professor Turner. Comprised of two long wooden ramps with a channel running down the centre (for a ball or similar?) that are hinged together at their lowest points, so that when fully unfolded the ramp or runway lowers and then rises again.