Reflecting Circle
name: label: maker
content: Dollond
notes: label: Description
content: This incomplete example of an unusual type of reflecting circle came from the U.S. Naval Observatory. It may have belonged to the Navy’s Depot of Charts and Instruments, and thus date from the 1830s. The inscription reads "Dollond London."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Naval Observatory
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.327707
label: catalog number
content: 327707
label: accession number
content: 283654
objectType: label: Object Name
content: reflecting circle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in; 21.59 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 9 5/8 in x 8 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 24.4475 cm x 21.59 cm