Heliostat
date: label: date made
content: ca 1830
name: label: maker
content: Gambey, Henri Prudence
notes: label: Description
content: A heliostat throws sunlight where it might be used for photography or scientific observations. This example has one glass mirror 9.5 cm in diameter, a clockwork mechanism, and a tripod base with leveling screws. The “Gambey à Paris” inscription refers to Henri-Prudence Gambey, a mathematical instrument maker who won a gold medal at the Paris exhibition of 1823 for his heliostat of new construction.
label: Description
content: Ref: D. J. Warner, “Gambey’s American Customers,” <i>Rittenhouse</i> 4 (1990): 65-78
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Optics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Military Academy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315645
label: catalog number
content: 315645
label: accession number
content: 217544
objectType: label: Object Name
content: heliostat
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in; 55.88 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 15 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in; 41.91 cm x 39.37 cm x 26.035 cm