Test 64', punch operator's test

Made:
circa 1928 in Swindon
maker:
Garrard Engineering and Manufacturing Company Limited
A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

A 'Test 64', punch operator's test, electromechanical, 1920-1939.

This electromechanical punch operator’s test was a mechanical aptitude test used during the early 1930s. The hand-cranked mechanism enabled the punch to drop, cutting a hole underneath. The base is perforated with holes. These were presumably a guide for the operator. The machine was made by Garrard in Swindon, England. It was patented in 1928. Aptitude testing became common in schools and industries at this time. The test was used at the National Institute of Industrial Psychology (NIIP). The NIIP was founded by prominent British psychologist Charles Myers in 1921. He was director of the Cambridge Psychological Laboratory. Its ambition was ‘to promote by systematic scientific methods a more effective application of human energy in occupational life’.

Details

Category:
Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry
Object Number:
1994-1255/2
Materials:
metal and aluminium alloy
Measurements:
overall: 210 mm x 355 mm x 185 mm,
type:
mechanical aptitude test
credit:
British Psychological Society