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Datecirca 1905
Inventory Number2016-1-0053c
ClassificationClock Weight
Subject
    Maker Seth Thomas Clock Company founded 1853
    Maker Central Scientific Company 1889 - 2000
    User Harvard College Observatory founded 1839
    User Oak Ridge Station 1931 - 2005
    User George R. Agassiz Station, Harvard 1951 - 1982
    Cultural Region
      Place of Use
        Material
          Description2016-1-0053 is the Seth Thomas regulator clock from the 16-inch Metcalf astrograph building.

          a is clock in wooden case
          b is pendulum
          c is clock weight
          d is winding key
          e are timing weights in wooden tray plus 2 g scale weight by Central Scientific Company in paper envelope


          The clock weight is brass, possibly filled with lead.
          Signedunsigned
          ProvenanceOak Ridge Observatory, Harvard, MA., Building 10; transferred to CHSI, 2016 (weights) and 2023 (movement and case).
          Historical AttributesThis regulator by Seth Thomas Clock Company was located in the observatory building of the Metcalf 16-inch astrograph at Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, MA. It likely was also used with the telescope when it was in operation in Cambridge, MA in 1909 before being moved to Oak Ridge Observatory in 1932.
          clock timing weights
          clock timing weights
          Seth Thomas Clock Company
          Date: circa 1905
          Object number: 2016-1-0053e
          regulator clock pendulum
          regulator clock pendulum
          Seth Thomas Clock Company
          Date: circa 1905
          Object number: 2016-1-0053b
          regulator clock
          regulator clock
          Seth Thomas Clock Company
          Date: circa 1905
          Accessories: winding key, timing weights, signaling sensor
          Object number: 2016-1-0053a
          regulator clock
          regulator clock
          Seth Thomas Clock Company
          Date: circa 1905
          Accessories: winding key, timing weights, signaling sensor
          Object number: 2016-1-0053
          clock winding key
          clock winding key
          Seth Thomas Clock Company
          Date: circa 1905
          Object number: 2016-1-0053d
          regulator clock
          regulator clock
          Seth Thomas Clock Company
          Date: circa 1910
          Object number: 2016-1-0038
          Image Not Available for clock weight found in cabinet on north pier of 12-inch Metcalf astrograph
          clock weight found in cabinet on north pier of 12-inch Metcalf astrograph
          Seth Thomas Clock Company
          Date: circa 1920
          Object number: 2016-1-0052
          clock pendulum bob
          clock pendulum bob
          Seth Thomas Clock Company
          Date: 1880-1920
          Object number: 1998-1-0516a
          fittings for clock pendulum
          fittings for clock pendulum
          Seth Thomas Clock Company
          Date: 1880-1920
          Object number: 1998-1-0516b
          clock drive for Draper anemoscope
          clock drive for Draper anemoscope
          Seth Thomas Clock Company
          Date: circa 1890
          Accessories: key; drive gear loose in inside case
          Object number: BH0120
          12-inch Metcalf astrograph
          12-inch Metcalf astrograph
          Joel Hastings Metcalf
          Date: 1905-1932
          Object number: 2016-1-0033
          Overall view of the Synchronome clock with its astronomical regulator dial at the top (indicati…
          Synchronome Secondary Clock, type B.
          Synchronome Company, Ltd
          Date: circa 1929
          Object number: 1998-1-0187b