Contact pendulum

(Kontakt-Pendel)
Description: This stand holds two pendula which can start from varied heights. The falling pendula, make electrical contacts along the arc as they swing and thus provide a source of precisely-controlled timed pulses. (Expanded caption Copyright 1998, Edward J. Haupt)
(Source: Wundt's Physiologische Psychologie, not otherwise cited)
Source of illustration: Zimmermann, E. (1903). XVIII. Preis- Liste über psychologische und physiologische Apparate (p. 30). Leipzig: Eduard Zimmermann.

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Type: component
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