Right Angle Prism
notes: label: Description
content: This right angle prism belonged to the American hydraulic engineer, Clemens Herschel (1842-1930). The widow of Albert Haertlein (1895-1960), professor of civil engineering at Harvard University, gave it to the Smithsonian.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.326226
label: catalog number
content: 326226
label: accession number
content: 259752
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Prism, Right Angle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in; 10.795 cm x 5.715 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in box: 1 7/8 in x 4 3/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 4.7625 cm x 11.1125 cm x 5.715 cm