College Has Study Enforcer (Jan, 1937)
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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jan, 1937
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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jan, 1937
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College Has Study Enforcer
AN OLD machine owned by the University of Wisconsin is called the study enforcer. The unusual device is actuated by a clock-like mechanism and its mechanical fingers scoop a book off the desk and return another one until the student has completed reading the scheduled volumes.
That machine was invented by the ecologist, John Muir, when he was a student at UW-Madison. There is a great description of it in his autobiography.
Comment by Adam C. — October 18, 2007 @ 2:28 am
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Comment by Firebrand38 — October 19, 2007 @ 6:22 am
this machine does not make you read at all, hell, you dont even have to be in the same room.
Comment by mickey — May 13, 2008 @ 3:32 pm