Field Glasses
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
name: label: maker
content: Busch, Emil
notes: label: Description
content: This is a black metal instrument. The objective lenses are 31 mm diameter. The “BUSCH Jena Special” signature on the crossbar indicates that this was made by the Busch instrument firm in Rathenow, Germany, and that the optical elements were made from glass made in Jena. The case is dark leather lined with dark blue velvet.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Brandenburg, Rathenow
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Optics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jane and Mary Henle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.336786
label: catalog number
content: 336786
label: accession number
content: 1978.2216
objectType: label: Object Name
content: field glasses
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 4 1/8 in x 3 11/16 in; 4.1275 cm x 10.4775 cm x 9.36625 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 4 5/8 in x 6 1/4 in x 3 in; 11.7475 cm x 15.875 cm x 7.62 cm