Frame for Spider Webs
notes: label: Description
content: Wooden frame on which the Buff & Buff Mfg. Co. collected and stored spider silk for use as "cross hairs" in surveying instruments.
label: Description
content: Ref: Steven C. Turner, "Spiders in the Crosshairs: Cobwebs and the Search for the Perfect Line," <i>Rittenhouse</i> 6 (Nov. 1991): 1-10.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0454.01
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0454.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0454
objectType: label: Object Name
content: frame for spider webs
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.7 cm x 33.5 cm x .7 cm; 1 7/8 in x 13 3/16 in x 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/16 in x 13 1/8 in x 1 7/8 in; .79375 cm x 33.3375 cm x 4.7625 cm