Astronomical Instrument (base only)
name: label: Maker
content: Wurdemann, William
notes: label: Description
content: The “Wm. Wurdemann / Washington, D.C.” inscription on this brass base for an astronomical instrument refers to William Wűrdemann (1811-1900), a German instrument maker who spent his career in the United States.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Naval Observatory
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.328504
label: catalog number
content: 328504
label: accession number
content: 282476
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Base for Astronomical Instrument
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 20 in x 17 in; 58.42 cm x 50.8 cm x 43.18 cm