Micrometer Eyepiece
date: label: date made
content: 1865
name: label: maker
content: Young, William
notes: label: Description
content: This micrometer eyepiece is part of the transit instrument (aka meridian circle) made by William J. Young, in Philadelphia, and installed in the new observatory at Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1865.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0318.01B
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0318.01B
label: accession number
content: 1980.0318
objectType: label: Object Name
content: micrometer, eyepiece
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 7 1/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 7.3025 cm x 18.415 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 6.35 cm x 11.43 cm