tripod mount for flash telescope

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Description (Brief):

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.

Date Made: ca 1918ca. 1918

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: from Robert W. Wood

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.317948.04Catalog Number: 317948.04Accession Number: 232066

Object Name: telescope mount

Measurements: 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 cmtripod 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 cmwooden plate: 3/4 in x 6 in; 1.905 cm x 15.24 cmmetal 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

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-71ec-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1409802

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