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Exhibit 2005--CHSI's Putnam Gallery

The CHSI's permanent exhibition of instruments, entitled Time, Life & Matter, represents the remarkable breadth and historical significance of the materials in the collection.

The award-winning exhibition opened in late 2005.

1.5-foot Gregorian reflecting telescope for equatorial mount

1.5-foot Gregorian reflecting telescope for equatorial mount

the Reverend John Prince
1788-1800
1-foot Cassegrain reflecting telescope

1-foot Cassegrain reflecting telescope

James Short
circa 1758
1-foot Gregorian reflecting telescope

1-foot Gregorian reflecting telescope

English
circa 1735
1-foot Gregorian reflecting telescope

1-foot Gregorian reflecting telescope

Benjamin Martin
1761
2-foot Gregorian reflecting telescope with split object glass micrometer

2-foot Gregorian reflecting telescope with split object glass micrometer

James Short
circa 1763
3.5-inch celestial globe

3.5-inch celestial globe

François DeMongenet
1552
3.5-inch terrestrial globe

3.5-inch terrestrial globe

François DeMongenet
1552
3-inch pocket terrestrial globe in case lined with celestial hemispheres

3-inch pocket terrestrial globe in case lined with celestial hemispheres

James Ferguson
circa 1760
3-ring universal ring sundial

3-ring universal ring sundial

Etienne Lenoir
circa 1780
4 equilateral prisms

4 equilateral prisms

John A. Brashear
circa 1890
4-foot Gregorian reflecting telescope

4-foot Gregorian reflecting telescope

James Short
circa 1767
5° objective prism in wood mount

5° objective prism in wood mount

Joel Hastings Metcalf
circa 1905
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