Tube, brass colored, with disc at one end, read rubber washer, very deteriorated and now broken off, followed by a conical top, with a short steel rod or tip; at opposite end of tube, threaded for short distance and two adjacent small cutout squares revealing a spring within the tube; a rod projecting from this end; when this rod is pushed in the rod on the front or conical end moves forward (i.e. the rod penetrates the entire length of the tube) Created by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Date Created 11/04/2021 Source Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Keywords Engineers; Rockets; Space Rights and Restrictions Not determined
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