Camera Lucida
name: label: Maker
content: Troughton & Simms
notes: label: Description
content: This Wollaston-type camera lucida came from the University of Vermont. The “Troughton & Simms, London” inscription refers to an important instrument firm that began trading as such in 1824.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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: PH.328422
label: catalog number
content: 328422
label: accession number
content: 272928
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Camera Lucida
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 2 5/32 in x 1 1/4 in; 23.495 cm x 5.461 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 3.175 cm x 23.495 cm x 5.3975 cm