Clockwork for Astronomical Telescope
date: label: date made
content: 1849
name: label: maker
content: Troughton and Simms
notes: label: Description
content: Led by science professor James Curley, S.J., Georgetown University established an astronomical observatory in 1844, and acquired a 5-inch aperture refracting telescope made by Troughton & Simms of London in 1849. This is the clock drive for that instrument.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London, City of London
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Georgetown University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.316096
label: catalog number
content: 316096
label: accession number
content: 224215
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clockwork for equatorial telescope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 6 in x 3 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 15.24 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; clockwork: 9 in x 8 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in; 22.86 cm x 20.955 cm x 17.145 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; rod: 1 9/16 in x 10 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 3.96875 cm x 26.9875 cm x 3.81 cm