Vintage laboratory photographs via the Virtual Library at Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin.
Anonymous. 1892. Harvard Psychological Laboratory in Dane Hall: Instruments for Experiments on Sight. Photograph. (Harvard University Archives – HUPSF Psychological Laboratories (7))
(lamps of my dreams) Anonymous. 1892. Harvard Psychological Laboratory in Dane Hall: Interior of a Laboratory Room. Photograph. (Harvard University Archives – HUPSF Psychological Laboratories (1))
Anonymous. 1892. Harvard Psychological Laboratory in Dane Hall: Interior of a Laboratory Room (Chain Reaction Experiment). Photograph. (Harvard University Archives – HUPSF Psychological Laboratories (5))
Anonymous. 1892. Harvard Psychological Laboratory in Dane Hall: Display of Wax Models. Photograph. (Harvard University Archives – HUPSF Psychological Laboratories (4))









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March 30, 2010 at 6:10 pm
typehype
Fascinating photos. Are those giant CDs in the psych lab???
March 30, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Sarah
I think they were used for experimenting with color: http://physics.kenyon.edu/EarlyApparatus/Optics/Newtons_Color_Wheel/Newtons_Color_Wheel.html
June 8, 2010 at 8:21 am
michael
the instruments on the photos are described in an essay at that site, see http://vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/references?id=art71&page=p0006