Object Details
- Description
- This wooden cart was designed to show the relation between a force exerted on an object and the velocity of that object. It was simple and inexpensive, made from short pieces of 2" x 4" and three roller skate wheels. This example was made by Grisell and Kaiel, students at Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland, Oregon, in the early 1960s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Benson Polytechnic High School
- early 1960s
- ID Number
- 2007.0040.01
- catalog number
- 2007.0040.01
- accession number
- 2007.0040
- Object Name
- dynamic cart
- cart
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in x 11 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 29.21 cm x 8.89 cm
- overall: 3 1/8 in x 11 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in; 7.9375 cm x 29.21 cm x 13.335 cm
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Sputnik
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
- Record ID
- nmah_1321590
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-0958-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
