nephoscope eyepiece stand
Date: 20th-mid 20th Century
Inventory Number: 1997-1-1806
Classification: Stand
Subject:
User: Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory (1885-present)
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Dimensions:
118.3 × 45 × 18 cm (46 9/16 × 17 11/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Description:
A bamboo tripod on a rolling wooden base, designed to support a nephoscope eyepiece. The tripod has a brass rod crosspiece attached, with three tubular brass accessories attached to it with string.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedtaped label: Highe eyepiece 27 sec; low eyepiece 41 sec; tag: 77 bis stand for
FunctionThe eyepiece stand for a nephoscope (an instrument that measures the position and velocity of clouds).
ProvenanceFrom the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, Nov. 1958.