Spectrometer
name: label: maker
content: Grunow, William
notes: label: Description
content: The “Wm. Grunow / New York” inscription on this spectrometer is that of William Grunow (1830-1917), a German craftsman who arrived in the United States in 1849. In 1873, now living in New York, Grunow announced his willingness “to execute all orders for philosophical instruments.” Grunow moved to West Point in 1881, and became custodian of the astronomical observatory at the U.S. Military Academy.
label: Description
content: Ref: D.J. Warner, “Julius & William Grunow,” <i>Rittenhouse</i> 3 (1989): 41-48.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: United States Military Academy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315428
label: catalog number
content: 315428
label: accession number
content: 217544
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spectrometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 19 1/4 in x 11 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 48.895 cm x 29.845 cm