Stereoscope
date: label: date made
content: 1912-1927
notes: label: Description
content: A stereoscope presents a three-dimensional image by showing one view to the left eye and a slightly different one to the right eye. This example is based on the form developed by the British scientist, Charles Wheatstone. The “Mon. J. Duboscq / PH & F. PELLIN / Paris” inscription indicates a date between 1912 and 1927. The instrument is also marked “81”.
label: Description
content: Ref: Ph. Pellin, <i>Instruments d’Optique</i> (Paris, n.d.), part 4, p. 32.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0134.01
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0134.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0134
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stereoscope, wheatstone
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 20 in; 50.8 cm x 50.8 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 1/2 in x 20 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 54.61 cm x 51.435 cm x 11.43 cm