Jeweler's Screwdriver

Description:

This 2-3/4" German silver and steel screwdriver is marked: FRANCE 6. It was received and is stored with a set of drawing instruments, 1985.0909.01. The set was owned by Harald Trap Friis (1893–1976), a Danish emigrant who became a prominent radio engineer for Bell Laboratories.

Date Made: ca 1920–1958

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: France

Subject: MathematicsDrafting, Engineering

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Single Drawing Instruments, Science & Mathematics

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Credit Line: Transfer from Library of Congress, Exchange and Gift Division

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1985.0909.03Accession Number: 1985.0909Catalog Number: 1985.0909.03

Object Name: screwdriver, jeweler's

Physical Description: german silver (overall material)steel (overall material)Measurements: overall: 7 cm x .6 cm x .6 cm; 2 3/4 in x 1/4 in x 1/4 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-ab40-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1214601

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