Functionnement Mechanisme des Osselets de l’0reille de Helmholtz model
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An exeptional and very interesting demonstration model of the working mechanisme of the middle ear. It give an overview of the Eardrum (tymponia membrane) and the three Auditory bones: Malleus, incus and Stapes.
The Main label gives: Mechanisme des Osselets de l’0reille de Helmholtz – Universite Libre de Bruxelles – U.B. 676. On the left is a brass label: H. Sittel Heidelberg
Helmholtz was working for several years at the University of Heidelberg ( 1858-1870) and that will be the connection with retailer or maker of the model:H. Sittel in Heidelberg.
Afmetingen: 34 x 25 x 17 cm and sold to Whipple Museum of the History of Science, University of Cambridge.