Knobel's Astronometer

Made:: 1890-1900 in United Kingdom

maker:: Edward Ball Knobel

Knobel's astrometer, in case

This instrument is for measuring the brightness of stars on the principle of limiting apertures.

Details

Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1908-157

Materials:: metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)

Measurements:: length 260 mm
width 290 mm
height 450 mm

type:: photometer

credit:: Mr Edward Ball Knobel

Cite this page

Rights

We encourage the use and reuse of our collection data.

Data in the title, made, maker and details fields are released under Creative Commons Zero . Descriptions and all other text content are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence

Using our data

Download

Download catalogue entry as json

Download manifest IIIF

Our records are constantly being enhanced and improved, but please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information shown on this website.