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chronoscope

[kron-uh-skohp, kroh-nuh-] / ˈkrɒn əˌskoʊp, ˈkroʊ nə- /


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It is merely two wire electrodes which could be placed upon the animal, with the additional device of a key for the breaking of the chronoscope circuit the instant the stimulus was given.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

As soon as the point touched the animal the chronoscope circuit was broken by the raising of the upper arm of the key.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

The introduction of resistance by means of the rheostat, R, was frequently a convenient method of correcting the chronoscope.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

IC, interrupted circuits; CC, chronoscope circuit; X, key for making stimulus circuit and breaking chronoscope circuit; B, stimulus battery; S, string from reaction key to animal.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

Besides, I had read articles about the chronoscope, the plethysmograph, the sphygmograph, and others of the new psychological instruments.

From The Silent Bullet by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)




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