Equatorial Telescope Mount
Pacific Instruments, Los Angeles, California
about 1960
Vertical pylon (24 in. tall), tube clamp (9 1/2 in. O.D. tube), counterweight, shaft on which are mounted tube clamp and weight
Overall: 28 in. (71.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2007.1.15
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Astronomy
Not on view
Published References
www.pacificinstruments.com
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2007.
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