Eraser (Braille)
notes: label: Description
content: This “eraser” is made of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene known commercially as Teflon. It was made in 1987 by Home Press of the Perkins School for the Blind, and was used to "erase" raised dots of a braille cell. The application was first used in 1964.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Braille
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0452.03
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0452.03
label: accession number
content: 1989.0452
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Braille Type Eraser
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, teflon ptfe (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.3 cm x 2 cm; 6 in x 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 1/4 in; 15.24 cm x .635 cm