Barritt-Serviss Star and Planet Finder
Barritt-Serviss Star and Planet Finder
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- Description
- Leon Barritt (1872-1938) was a reporter, editor, cartoonist and amateur astronomer in New York City. Garrett Putnam Serviss (1851-1929) was a New York writer who specialized in astronomy, travel and history. Working together they created a moveable and inexpensive planisphere. The inscription at the top of this example reads “THE BARRITT-SERVISS / STAR AND PLANET / FINDER / COLLABORATED BY LEON BARRITT AND GARRETT SERVISS.” Another inscription reads “U.S. PATENT OCT. 2, 1906. BY LEON BARRITT. PATENTS APPLIED FOR IN ENGLAND, GERMANY, FRANCE AND BELGIUM.” Yet another reads “COPYRIGHTED, 1906 / BY / LEON BARRITT / PUBLISHER / NEW YORK CITY.” The form was still available in the 1930s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- star finder
- date made
- early twentieth century
- Physical Description
- cardboard (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15 in x 15 in x 1 in; 38.1 cm x 38.1 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- PH.322999
- catalog number
- 322999
- accession number
- 249201
- Credit Line
- Wabash College
- subject
- Astronomy
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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