Astronomical Transit (Base)
name: label: Maker
content: Fauth & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This base for an astronomical alt-azimuth instrument came from the U.S. Naval Observatory. The inscription reads "Fauth & Co. / Washington, D.C. / 1912." Fauth & Co. was an instrument firm that began in business in 1874. In 1887, when Camill Fauth retired, George N. Saegmuller, his partner and brother-in-law, took charge of the firm, and began putting serial numbers on their instruments. In this instance, 1912 is a serial number, not a date.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Naval Observatory
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.328503
label: catalog number
content: 328503
label: accession number
content: 282476
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Astronomical Transit (Base)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 24 1/2 in x 28 in; 41.91 cm x 62.23 cm x 71.12 cm