chronoscope

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H, Hipp Chronoscope; R, rheostat; C, commutator; SC, storage cells; GB, 'Excello' gravity battery; F, Cattell's falling screen; T, reaction table; RK, reaction key; SK, Stimulating apparatus; K, key in chronoscope circuit; S, stimulus circuit.

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

Stimulus is given by the operator as soon as the chronoscope is started, and by this act the chronoscope circuit is broken and the record begun.

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

The fork, on its resonator, was placed horizontally, the platinum tip just touching the lampblacked cylinder of a Schultze chronoscope.

From Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light Made at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis by Michelson, Albert A.

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