Rude Star Finder (2102-B)
date: label: date made
content: 1940
name: label: maker
content: Rude, Gilbert T.
notes: label: Description
content: This consists of a white plastic planisphere with the northern sky on one side and the southern on the other, seven clear plastic templates centered at 10° intervals of latitude, and a cardboard container. The United States Hydrographic Office transferred it to the Smithsonian in 1957.
label: Description
content: An inscription reads "H.O. NO. 2102-B / HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE / RUDE / STAR FINDER AND IDENTIFIER / (WITH HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE MODIFICATIONS) PRICE $1.00 / Published at the Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C. Oct. 1940 under the authority of THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY"
label: Description
content: Ref: Gilbert T. Rude, "Star Finder and Identifier," U.S. Patent #1,401,446 (Dec. 27, 1921).
label: Description
content: Henry M. Jensen, et. al., "Navigational Instrument," U.S. patent #1,919,222 (July 25, 1933).
label: Description
content: “Captain Rude, Naval Inventor,” Washington Post (Dec. 5, 1962), p. B13.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315071.2
label: accession number
content: 214422
label: catalog number
content: 315071.2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: star finder
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in; 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 5/8 in x 11 3/4 in x 3/8 in; 24.4475 cm x 29.845 cm x .9525 cm