stand
Date1870-1910
Inventory Number1997-1-0018
ClassificationStand
Subject
Maker
Franz Schmidt & Haensch
1864-present
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions28.5 × 25.5 × 22.4 cm (11 1/4 × 10 1/16 × 8 13/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionTelescoping stand on tripod feet on which is fixed a small circular platform used to support a an optical device.
Signedon stand, script: Franz Schmidt & Haensch / Berlin
Curatorial RemarksThe file in the CHSI library associated to this instrument contains photographs and info sheets from this maker mentionning an universal spectrograph used at Agassiz Station, circa 1926. This stand is not seen on the photographs.
ProvenanceFrom Agassiz Station.
