tripod mount for flash telescope
date: label: date made
content: ca 1918
label: date made
content: ca. 1918
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A mount used to hold a flash telescope signaling apparatus. .01: A brass mount, .02: a wooden mount and .03: a 3-piece tripod. On tripod: "Folmer & Schwing Div. Eastman Kodak Co. / Rochester, NY / Crown Tripod No.2 / Patented June 23, 1903". Refers to US Patent 731879, "Tripod," issued to William F. Folmer, 23 June 1903.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Robert W. Wood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.317948.04
label: catalog number
content: 317948.04
label: accession number
content: 232066
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telescope mount
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: tripod leg folded: 17 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 3/4 in; 45.085 cm x 9.525 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: tripod leg extended: 56 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in x 3/4 in; 143.51 cm x 9.525 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: wooden plate: 3/4 in x 6 in; 1.905 cm x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: metal mount: 8 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 13.97 cm x 13.97 cm