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Date: 1942-1950
Inventory Number: 2006-1-0045
Classification: Window
Subject:
physics, astronomy,
Maker: Edmund Salvage Company (fl. 1942 - 1950)
User: Science Center Prep Room, Harvard University (founded 1974)
Donor: Owen Gingerich (born 1930)
Cultural Region:
United States,
Place of Origin:
Audubon,
Dimensions:
disc: 9.5 × 9.5 × 0.9 cm (3 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 3/8 in.)
Material:
glass, paper,
Description:
Circular disk of glass with one polished face. Stored in an envelope.
Signedstamped on envelope: Edmund Salvage Co.
Inscribedstamped on envelope: Stock 7002 - Wedge Windows / Finished one side - Dia. about / 3 3/4 in. & about 3/8 in. thick
ProvenanceSalvaged from the Science Center Prep Room, courtesy of Prof. Owen Gingerich.

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