Correspondence regarding purchase of Koenig Tonometer, 1901-1902

Summary

Creators:

Jordan, David Starr

Abstract:

Letters and cablegrams from David Starr Jordan, Fernando Sanford, Frank Angell, and Ralph Koenig, inventor of device.

Extent:

0.02 Linear Feet (12 items in 1 folder)

Language:

Undetermined .

Preferred citation:

Correspondence regarding purchase of Koenig Tonometer(SCM0015). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Letters and cablegrams from David Starr Jordan, Fernando Sanford, Frank Angell, and Ralph Koenig, inventor of device.

Biographical / historical:

David Starr Jordan wanted the Koenig Tonometer (sound measure) for the Dept. of Physics. He considered it to be the state of the art tool for research in acoustics. The letters contain details of the negotiating process which was ultimately unsuccessful.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Tonometers -- History.

Names:

Stanford University. Department of Physics -- General subdivision--Faculty.;
Stanford University. Department of Physics. Faculty
Koenig, Ralph.
Sanford, Fernando.
Sanford, Fernando.
Koenig, Ralph.
Jordan, David Starr
Angell, Frank

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Correspondence regarding purchase of Koenig Tonometer(SCM0015). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, University Archives

Stanford University Archives, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US

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