Barritt-Serviss Star and Planet Finder
date: label: date made
content: early twentieth century
notes: label: Description
content: Leon Barritt (1872-1938) was a reporter, editor, cartoonist and amateur astronomer in New York City. Garrett Putnam Serviss (1851-1929) was a New York writer who specialized in astronomy, travel and history. Working together they created a moveable and inexpensive planisphere. The inscription at the top of this example reads “THE BARRITT-SERVISS / STAR AND PLANET / FINDER / COLLABORATED BY LEON BARRITT AND GARRETT SERVISS.” Another inscription reads “U.S. PATENT OCT. 2, 1906. BY LEON BARRITT. PATENTS APPLIED FOR IN ENGLAND, GERMANY, FRANCE AND BELGIUM.” Yet another reads “COPYRIGHTED, 1906 / BY / LEON BARRITT / PUBLISHER / NEW YORK CITY.” The form was still available in the 1930s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Astronomy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Wabash College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.322999
label: catalog number
content: 322999
label: accession number
content: 249201
objectType: label: Object Name
content: star finder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 15 in x 1 in; 38.1 cm x 38.1 cm x 2.54 cm