frame for spider webs
frame for spider webs
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- Description
- Wooden frame on which the Buff & Buff Mfg. Co. collected and stored spider silk for use as "cross hairs" in surveying instruments.
- Ref: Steven C. Turner, "Spiders in the Crosshairs: Cobwebs and the Search for the Perfect Line," Rittenhouse 6 (Nov. 1991): 1-10.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- frame for spider webs
- Measurements
- overall: 4.7 cm x 33.5 cm x.7 cm; 1 7/8 in x 13 3/16 in x 1/4 in
- overall: 5/16 in x 13 1/8 in x 1 7/8 in;.79375 cm x 33.3375 cm x 4.7625 cm
- ID Number
- 1992.0454.01
- catalog number
- 1992.0454.01
- accession number
- 1992.0454
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- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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