Stadimeter
date: label: date made
content: 1943
name: label: maker
content: Schick Laboratories
notes: label: Description
content: Schick, a firm best known as a razor manufacturer, made stadimeters for the U.S. Navy during World War II. This example has a telescopic sight, a height scale that read from 50 to 200 feet, and a distance drum that reads from 200 yards to infinity. The inscription reads "STADIMETER / SCHICK INCORPORATED / STAMFORD, CONN. U.S.A." and "U.S. NAVY - BU. SHIPS N 14417-1943."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Stamford
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0056.01
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0056.01
label: accession number
content: 2004.0056
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stadimeter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: box: 6 1/4 in x 12 3/4 in x 6 3/4 in; 15.875 cm x 32.385 cm x 17.145 cm
label: Measurements
content: stadtimeter: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 17.145 cm x 31.75 cm x 16.51 cm