Astronomical Transit
name: label: maker
content: Holcomb, Amasa
notes: label: Description
content: This astronomical transit instrument was made by Amasa Holcomb (1787-1875), a self-educated surveyor and telescope maker. It dates from ca. 1830-1845. Two descendants, Grace E. Holcomb Steere and Eva C. Holcomb Storey, donated it to the Smithsonian in 1933.
label: Description
content: Ref: Autobiographical sketch of Amasa Holcomb, in Robert P. Multhauf, ed., "Holcomb, Fitz, and Peate: Three 19th Century American Telescope Makers," <i>United States National Museum Bulletin</i> 228 (1962), pp. 160-164.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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: PH.310599
label: catalog number
content: 310599
label: accession number
content: 123587
objectType: label: Object Name
content: astronomical transit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 3/4 in x 19 in x 20 in; 37.465 cm x 48.26 cm x 50.8 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 7/8 in x 14 7/8 in x 12 7/8 in; 42.8625 cm x 37.7825 cm x 32.7025 cm