Scioptic Ball
notes: label: Description
content: A scioptic ball is a universal joint that allows an optical instrument to be pointed in many directions. The form originated in the early seventeenth century. This example, from Brown University, probably dates from the mid-nineteenth century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315377
label: catalog number
content: 315377
label: accession number
content: 218984
objectType: label: Object Name
content: scioptic ball
label: Object Name
content: Scioptic ball
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 6 9/16 in x 6 7/16 in; 9.2075 cm x 16.66875 cm x 16.35125 cm