Object Details
- W. & L. E. Gurley
- Description
- A spherometer is used primarily for measuring the curvature of objects such as lenses and curved mirrors. The inscription on this example reads “W. & L.E. GURLEY, TROY, N.Y.”
- Ref: W. & L.E. Gurley, Catalog (Troy, N.Y., 1910), pp. 94-96.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Department of Physics, Columbia University
- ca 1910
- ID Number
- PH.335217
- catalog number
- 335217
- accession number
- 315390
- Object Name
- spherometer
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 5/8 in x 4 1/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 14.2875 cm x 10.4775 cm x 10.795 cm
- overall: 4 1/2 in x 4 3/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 11.43 cm x 11.1125 cm x 10.795 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, Troy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Science & Mathematics
- Spherometers
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_1442229
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-02eb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
