Utzschneider u. Fraunhofer Spyglass
date: label: date made
content: ca 1819-1826
name: label: maker
content: Utzschneider und Fraunhofer
notes: label: Description
content: This spyglass has an achromatic objective lens of 2.5 inches aperture, a wooden tube, and four brass draw tubes. The "Utzschneider u. Fraunhofer" inscription indicates that it was made in Munich between 1819 and 1826. It belonged to Leigh Patterson Jerrard, an American who served with the U.S. Army during World War I, and who probably acquired it at that time.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Munich
topic: label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Richard Jerrard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0225.02
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0225.02
label: accession number
content: 2009.0225
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spyglass
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: aperture: 2 1/2 in; 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: length closed: 10 1/2 in; 26.67 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 11 1/4 in x 3 3/16 in; 28.575 cm x 8.09625 cm