Physics
date: label: Date made
content: 1857
name: label: Associated Name
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: original artist
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: graphic artist
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: printer
content: C. Sherman and Son
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This engraved printing plate was prepared to print an image for the publication "United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," Volume 24, Physics. The image depicts retangles of stars and cosmic shapes, and their coordinates (degrees). The volume was never published.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Astronomy
label: related event
content: U.S. Exploring Expedition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
label: See more items in
content: Wilkes Blocks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0145.440
label: accession number
content: 1999.0145
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0145.440
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Plate
label: Object Name
content: plate, printing
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34.6 cm x 28.1 cm; 13 5/8 in x 11 1/16 in