Spherometer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: A spherometer is a device used primarily for measuring the curvature of objects such as lenses and curved mirrors. For further information about spherometers, see object MA.315739. This spherometer is very small, measuring just over 6 centimeters across. It has both a vertical and horizontal scale. It comes in a small cylindrical box, reminiscent of a hat box, marked Germany but no maker is evident.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Spherometers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.335272
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: catalog number
content: 335272
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spherometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (instrument material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.4 cm x 6.2 cm x 6.2 cm; 2 17/32 in x 2 7/16 in x 2 7/16 in