Equatorial Star Finder
notes: label: Description
content: The inscriptions on the dial of this device read “KULLMER EQUATORIAL STAR FINDER” and “COPYRIGHT 1910 / PATENT PENDING” and “C. J. KULLMER / SYRACUSE, N.Y.” That on the base reads “The / Kullmer / Equatorial / Star Finder.”
label: Description
content: Charles Julius Kullmer (1879-1942) was a Harvard graduate with a Ph.D. from Tubingen who taught German language and literature to American college students. He was also interested in astronomy and meteorology.
label: Description
content: Ref: Charles J. Kullmer, “Astronomical Appliance,” U.S. Patent 1,126,231 (Jan. 26, 1915).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0544.01
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0544.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0544
objectType: label: Object Name
content: star finder
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 11/16 in x 6 in x 6 7/8 in; 27.14625 cm x 15.24 cm x 17.4625 cm