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K/PP107/11/5/2

Dated 1840-1875. From Scientific apparatus, musical instruments and telegraph equipment, [1834-1875].

Adjustable rotating kaleidophone or harmonograph designed by Charles Wheatstone to demonstrate Lissajous' figures formed by combining two motions at right angles.  Consists of brass pulleys, levers and steel rods mounted on a wooden base. 

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