Equatorial Clock Drive Weights
Unknown Maker
1871
Two weights, for 9.4 inch Clark refractor in Shattuck Observatory. Visible in Bly photograph of Shattuck Observatory about 1875. (S.M.E. p. 60, 62, 65)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2005.58.20
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Astronomy
Not on view
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2005.
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