Telescope (Spyglass)
name: label: maker
content: Keuffel & Esser Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This telescope has an achromatic objective, a two-draw brass body covered with brown leather, and an amber-colored solar filter. An inscription reads "U.S. NAVY / OFFICER OF THE DECK SPYGLASS / POWER 12½ / KEUFFEL & ESSER CO N.Y. / N 3224."
label: Description
content: The U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey acquired this instrument in 1920 and transferred it to the Smithsonian in 1929.
label: Description
content: Ref: Keuffel & Esser, <i>Catalogue</i> (New York, 1921). P. 413.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.309651
label: catalog number
content: 309651
label: accession number
content: 106954
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telescope (spyglass)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 42.545 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 3/4 in x 1 9/16 in; 42.545 cm x 3.96875 cm