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Description: | Hyperscope (periscope). Strawboard periscope tied with blue and white string. Wooden base and internal structure. Fold-down flap. Rectangular. Other observations: Handwritten label in with all five periscopes "Samples of "Hyperscopes" as first used by Galton for looking over the heads of crowds on the day of Queen Victoria's second jubilee. Probably first use of modern trench periscope". Blue & white string acts as handle to carry instrument. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ | Rights holder: | University College London | Subjects: | Galton, Francis | Temporal: | 1897/1897 | Source: | UCL Museums | Creator: | Galton, Francis | Identifier: | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/objects/LDU... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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