Physics:The Clark Collection of Mechanical Movements

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Exhibits 1-16 and 129-144 of Clark Collection of mechanical movements at Museum of Science, Boston

The Clark Collection of Mechanical Movements is a museum exhibit at the Museum of Science (Boston).[1] Built in the 1920s,[2] it currently shows 120 panels of mechanisms, including gears and models of machines.[3] The exhibit is constructed in cabinets of 16 square panels, each measuring 15¼ by 15¼ inches, containing one or more movements.[4]

History

W.M. Clark, of South Orange, New Jersey, in a book accompanying the exhibit described himself as a

"hobbyist ... [who] ... through the help of the book '507 Mechanical Movements', acquired the foundation for a mechanical education, without schooling in the regular way."[5]

The exhibit, originally titled Mechanical Wonderland, was made over "20 years" by Mr. Clark in the early 1900s and displayed in "the Boys' Department of a New York department store".[5]

Detail of The American Artisan ser.2-v.1 1865 pg24 : A weekly journal of arts, mechanics, manufactures, engineering, chemistry, inventions, and patents

It was inspired by the book Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements by Henry T. Brown, published in 1869.[6]

  • In the 1920s, over 135,000 people saw it in the Grand Central Palace in New York City in a one-week period.[5]
  • In 1928, the Mechanical Wonderland exhibit was displayed at the Museum of Peaceful Arts.[7][8][9]
  • In 1936, the exhibit was displayed in the New York Museum of Science and Industry.[10]
  • The exhibit was transferred to the Museum of Science, Boston before 1954.[11]

Newark Museum copy of collection

Newark Museum Exhibit of Mechanical Models, 1933
  • In 1930, after John Cotton Dana, the founder of the Newark Museum, expressed interest, a second copy of the exhibit was constructed by W.M. Clark and donated to the Newark Museum by Louis Bamberger. The book Mechanical Models was published by the Newark Museum.[12]
Advertisement for Mechanical Wonderland exhibit at the 1934 Chicago World's Fair, in Popular Science Aug 1933 pg 79.
  • In 1933, W.M. Clark published A Manual of Mechanical Movements, to accompany the Chicago World's Fair.[5]
  • In 1934, Newark Museum collection was loaned to the Chicago World's Fair, "A Century of Progress".
  • In 1943, W.M. Clark published a new edition of A Manual of Mechanical Movements.[13][14]
  • In 1954, The Newark Museum published a review of the exhibit by Kenneth L Gosner.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "The Clark Collection of Mechanical Movements". http://kmoddl.library.cornell.edu/clark.php. 
  2. ↑ "About "Mechanical Wonderland": The Clark Collection of Mechanical Movements". https://mechanical-library.org/mechanical-wonderland. 
  3. ↑ Holden, Sarah (Jul 16, 2009). "Videos of The Clark Collection of Mechanical Movements at the Museum". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mp5LlJ8YkU. 
  4. ↑ "Elemental Kinematics". 23 October 2013. https://allmyeyes.blogspot.com/2013/10/elemental-kinematics.html. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Clark, William M. (1933). A Manual of Mechanical Movements. Garden City Publishing. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x002205697&seq=9. Retrieved 15 Jan 2025. 
  6. ↑ Brown, Henry T (1869). Five hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements. Brown, Coombs & Co.. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112069451455&seq=7. Retrieved 15 Jan 2025. 
  7. ↑ "Puzzles of modern machinery are shown at museum exhibit". New York Times. 30 September 1928. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1928/09/30/95841639.html?pageNumber=156. 
  8. ↑ "Moving models show how autos operate". New York Times. 16 September 1928. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1928/09/16/95836883.html?pageNumber=137. 
  9. ↑ "Machine models shown in Newark". New York Times. 18 May 1930. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1930/05/18/118372875.html?pageNumber=178. 
  10. ↑ "Scientific Items Gleam in New Home". New York Times. 18 May 1936. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1936/02/11/87905158.html?pageNumber=25. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Gosner, Kenneth L (1954). THE MUSEUM. The Newark Museum. https://mechanical-library.org/img/mechanical-wonderland/TheNewarkMuseumQvol6no3.pdf. Retrieved 15 Jan 2025. 
  12. ↑ Clark, William M.; Downward, Virginia (1930). Mechanical Models: A Series of Working Models on the Art and Science of Mechanics. The Newark Museum. https://hdl.handle.net/1813/58719. Retrieved 1 January 2025. 
  13. ↑ Clark, William M. (1943). A Manual of Mechanical Movements. Garden City Publishing. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x002205697&seq=9. Retrieved 15 Jan 2025. 
  14. ↑ ""Scientific Items Gleam in New Home"". New York Times. 20 February 1944. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1944/02/20/96570419.html?pageNumber=63. 



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