tellurium pole
Date1850-1900
Inventory NumberRS1490b
ClassificationTellurium
Subject
Maker
American
Cultural Region
Dimensions4 x 202 x 4 cm (1 9/16 x 79 1/2 x 1 9/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionLong wooden pole with a sharp end (to which was fixed the tellurium mechanism) and a handle at the other end. Was used to put the tellurium mechanism in motion. A large sphere (missing), representing the sun, would also have been attached to this pole.
Signedunsigned
Curatorial RemarksSimilar in design to the one advertised in Benjamin Pike's, Jr. in the 1850s.
Percy Williams Bridgman
Date: 1930
Accessories: wooden shipping crate
Object number: 1998-1-1336b
Percy Williams Bridgman
Date: 1930-1939
Accessories: wooden shipping crate
Object number: 1998-1-1336f
French
Date: circa 1880
Accessories: protecting case with glass window
Object number: DW0095
Benjamin Martin
Date: circa 1765
Accessories: lunarium (#0052b) and tellurian (#0052c).
Object number: 0052a
Adrien Gavard
Date: circa 1860
Accessories: hinged mahogany case with original trade label; extra arm; writing implements; instrument weights; small ivory wheels with brass frames
Object number: 1997-1-1856
Zeiss-Aerotopograph
Date: circa 1950
Accessories: in wooden storage case with metal handles; documentation booklet is now kept in the instrument's file; all other accessories are kept in the box and are included in the description.
Object number: 2009-1-0002b
Keuffel & Esser Company
Date: 1916-1926
Accessories: wood case and key; photocopy of original Keuffel & Esser Co. catalogue in which the model is introduced
Object number: 1996-1-0084
Charles Thurber
Date: circa 1860
Accessories: wooden framed, glass paned case; original and photocopied letter from the Massachusetts Historical Society Director, Stephen T. Riley to David P. Wheatland dated June 28, 1961regarding permanent loan of the pantograph (in instrument file); original and photocopied hand-written letter from David P. Wheatland to Stephen T. Riley regarding permanent loan of the pantorgraph dated March 16, 1962 (in instrument file); original and photocopied hand written letter from David P. Wheatland to Stephen T. Riley regarding the pantograph dated June 23 1961 (in instrument file)
Object number: 1998-1-1617
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