Prism Binoculars
date: label: date made
content: 1921-1936
name: label: maker
content: Zeiss
notes: label: Description
content: Aluminum binoculars with a black finish, and black leather on the barrels. The left eye plate is marked “CARL ZEISS / JENA” and the right on is marked “DELACTIS / 1135801 / 8 x 40.” The objective lenses are 40 mm diameter. The eyepieces are separately adjustable as is the inter-ocular distance. The case is black leather.
label: Description
content: Zeiss produced the Delactis form between 1921 and 1936.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Thuringia, Jena
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Optics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jane and Mary Henle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.336784
label: catalog number
content: 336784
label: accession number
content: 1978.2216
objectType: label: Object Name
content: binoculars
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 6 7/8 in x 5 7/8 in; 7.62 cm x 17.4625 cm x 14.9225 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 6 7/8 in x 8 5/16 in x 3 1/2 in; 17.4625 cm x 21.11375 cm x 8.89 cm