Artificial Horizon
name: label: maker
content: Jones, Thomas
notes: label: Description
content: This (incomplete) artificial horizon, which was used by students at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) dates from the early nineteenth century. The paper label in the lid of the wooden box reads “Thomas Jones / Astronomical, Mathematical, Optical / AND PHILOSOPHICAL / Instrument Maker / No. 13 Panton Street, Haymarket / London.” Thomas Jones (1775-1852) learned the instrument trade from Jesse Ramsden, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1835.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Princeton University Observatory
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.328890
label: accession number
content: 277637
label: catalog number
content: 328890
label: catalog number
content: 328890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: artificial horizon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.1 cm x 20.2 cm x 14.3 cm; 4 3/4 in x 7 15/16 in x 5 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 5 1/8 in x 7 7/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 13.0175 cm x 20.0025 cm x 13.97 cm