TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: No Known Copyright TI - Boy with model of Perkin-Elmer stratoscope ID - j6731465x AU - Perkin-Elmer Corporation DA - 1960/// YR - 1960 AV - Photographs from the Perkin-Elmer-Applera Collection, Box 2 VL - Photographs from the Perkin-Elmer-Applera Collection, Box 2 AN - Photographs from the Perkin-Elmer-Applera Collection, Box 2 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/j6731465x AB - General view of a young boy examining a model of a stratoscope, a balloon-borne astronomical telescope designed to study the turbulence and granulation in the Sun's photosphere, as well as planetary atmospheres. Several other individuals and exhibit displays are visible in the background. Stratoscopes were conceived of by astrophysicist Martin Schwarzschild (1912-1997) and primarily flown from the 1950's to the 1970's. KW - Perkin-Elmer Corporation KW - Telescopes KW - Scientific apparatus and instruments KW - Corporations KW - Children LA - ER -