wood panel
Date: 20th century
Inventory Number: 1997-1-1839
Classification: Miscellaneous
Subject:
User: Oak Ridge Station (1931 - 2005)
User: George R. Agassiz Station, Harvard (1951 - 1982)
User: Harvard College Observatory (founded 1839)
Cultural Region:
City of Use:
Dimensions:
0.5 x 17.5 x 9 cm (3/16 x 6 7/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Material:
wood,
Description:
Wood panel composed of three pieces. The grain of the central wood piece runs perpindicular to that of the two outside, narrower, pieces. The three pieces are held together by two additional thin wood strips inserted into slots on the inside edges of the narrower pieces and on both outside edges of the wider piece.
Signedunsigned
FunctionUse unidentified.
ProvenanceThis wood panel was found among a collection of instruments taken from the Harvard, Massachusetts Oak Ridge Observatory, also known as the George R. Agassiz Station, in 1981, transferred to CHSI.