Vertical Circle
name: label: Maker
content: Young, William J.
notes: label: Description
content: This large vertical circle with three reading microscopes is part of the transit instrument (aka meridian circle) that was 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
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: 1980.0318.01E
label: accession number
content: 1980.0318
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0318.01E
objectType: label: Object Name
content: concentric circle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 26 in; 12.7 cm x 66.04 cm