Sun Glass
date: label: date made
content: around 1790-1800
notes: label: Description
content: This small lens, in a copper ring with copper handle, came to the Smithsonian in 1899. The donor, Charles Abiathar White, referred to it as a "sun glass" that had been used by his grandfather, Daniel Corey of Dighton, Mass.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: C. A. White
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.152083
label: catalog number
content: 152083
label: accession number
content: 35112
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sunglass
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in; 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 5/8 in x 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 11.7475 cm x .3175 cm x 6.35 cm