Rude Star Finder (British)
date: label: date made
content: 1941
notes: label: Description
content: This consists of a two-sided cardboard planisphere of the northern and southern skies, seven clear plastic altitude-azimuth templates for use at different latitudes up to 70° north and south, and a cardboard envelope. Gilbert Rude donated it to the Smithsonian in 1958. The instrument bears the inscription "STAR IDENTIFIER, Adapted from the ‘Rude Star Finder and Identifier’ originated by Captain G. T. Rude, U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey . . . Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, London. Sept. 1941 (H.S. 4026 /40)."
label: Description
content: Ref: G. T. Rude, "Star Finder and Identifier," U.S. patent #1,401,446.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gilbert T. Rude
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315973
label: catalog number
content: 315973
label: accession number
content: 222109
objectType: label: Object Name
content: star finder
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in; 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 12 9/16 in x 11/16 in; 30.48 cm x 31.90875 cm x 1.74625 cm