Prism
notes: label: Description
content: John C. Goff, the donor, may have acquired this military surplus prism at the Naval Gun Factory where he attended apprentice school and then worked until 1948.
label: Description
content: Ref: “JOHN C. GOFF / Electronics Engineer,” Washington Post (June 19, 1996), p. B7.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John C. Goff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0327.03
label: accession number
content: 1985.0327
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0327.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Prism, Military
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 mm x 45.8 mm x 57.5 mm; 1 1/2 in x 1 13/16 in x 2 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 9/16 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; 3.96875 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.7625 cm