Glass tube, open, with one end broken; comes with separated strands of copper wire, two, which were apparently originally inserted down the tube or tubes; strands secured together by red sealing wax; another lump of red sealing wax near lower end of the strands; opposite end of the strands show the wires to actually be a loop, held together by the sealing wax lumps in the middle and near the opposite end.
Created by
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Date Created
11/18/2021
Source
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Keywords
Engineers; Instruments; Space
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