Spherometer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910
name: label: maker
content: W. & L. E. Gurley
notes: label: Description
content: A spherometer is used primarily for measuring the curvature of objects such as lenses and curved mirrors. The inscription on this example reads “W. & L.E. GURLEY, TROY, N.Y.”
label: Description
content: Ref: W. & L.E. Gurley, <I>Catalog</I> (Troy, N.Y., 1910), pp. 94-96.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Troy
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Spherometers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Department of Physics, Columbia University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.335217
label: catalog number
content: 335217
label: accession number
content: 315390
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spherometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/8 in x 4 1/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 14.2875 cm x 10.4775 cm x 10.795 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 4 3/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 11.43 cm x 11.1125 cm x 10.795 cm