Telescope
date: label: date made
content: 1912
name: label: maker
content: Brashear, J. A.
notes: label: Description
content: John A. Brashear wasa millwright in Pittsburgh who began making telescopes in a shed behind his house, and eventually produced sophisticated apparatus for research. This small telescope, made around 1912, was undoubtedly designed for amateur enjoyment. It has an objective lens of 3½ inches aperture, a brass tube assembly covered with black anodization over silver plating, a wooden tripod, and various eyepieces. The inscription reads: "TO MR. AND MRS. CARNEGIE WITH AFFECTIONATE GREETING FROM J. A. BRASHEAR, ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR MARRIAGE. THE LOVE WE LIBERATE IN OUR LIFE WORK IS THE LOVE WORTH KEEPING."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
topic: label: Subject
content: Science
label: Subject
content: Astronomy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Cooper Hewitt Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0768.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0768
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0768.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telescope, refracting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.7 cm x 20.7 cm x 95.6 cm; 8 9/16 in x 8 1/8 in x 37 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 8 1/2 in x 37 1/2 in x 8 in; 21.59 cm x 95.25 cm x 20.32 cm