Periscope
Periscope
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- Description
- This instrument was made for use during World War I. The inscription reads “TRENCH PERISCOPE N° 10 X 75 MODEL 1918 MF’D BY WOLLENSAK OPT. CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S.A. N° 10763 R.G.C.” The Wollensak Optical Co. began in business, as such, in 1902.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Periscope
- date made
- 1918
- maker
- Wollensak Optical Company
- place made
- United States: New York, Rochester
- Measurements
- overall in case: 20 1/2 in x 5 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 52.07 cm x 14.2875 cm x 8.255 cm
- ID Number
- PH.333685
- catalog number
- 333685
- accession number
- 304554
- Credit Line
- J. Paul Breden
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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