Historical Scientific Instruments

Divisional Holdings in
Recreational Scientific Instruments

Holdings in theYale Peabody Museum’s Division of Historical Scientific Instruments of scientific instruments used recreationally include the following:

Optical Toys

• Anamorphic drawings, reflecting cylinders and cones.
  
• A lantern slide projector and glass slides.
  
• A stereo viewer and cards.
  
• A zoetrope and cards.
  
• A zoetrope motion picture projector and slides.
  
• Motion picture cameras.
  

Electrostatic Toys

• Thunderhouses of various sizes.
  
• An electrostatic hunter with gun.
  

Musical Items

• Phonographs from various periods, used by the Yale University Historical Sound Recording Collection.
  
• A large collection of tuning forks.
  
• Musical slide rules.
  

The Yale Peabody Museum’s collections are available to legitimate researchers for scholarly use. Loans are issued to responsible individuals at established institutions. Loans and access to the collection can be arranged through the Collections Manager.

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