Object Details
- Bardou
- Description
- Maison Bardou, a firm established in Paris in 1818, was for many years a leading manufacturer of small telescopes for education and recreation,. It displayed its wares at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876.
- This refracting telescope has a brass tube assembly, an objective lens of 3½ inch aperture and 52 inch focus, and a wooden tripod. The "A. BARDOU PARIS" inscription indicates that it was made between 1878 and 1895. James W. Queen & Co., the leading purveyor of scientific instruments in the United States, offered similar instruments for $175.
- Everett Harrington Hurlburt, later to become a professional astronomer and physicist, received this from his father in the early 1920s. He continued to use it throughout his life, particularly for viewing solar eclipses.
- Ref: James W. Queen & Co., Astronomical Telescopes (Philadelphia, 1889).
- The Telescopes of Bardou & Son (New York, 1911).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Everett Hurlburt
- ID Number
- 1988.0636.01
- catalog number
- 1988.0636.01
- accession number
- 1988.0636
- Object Name
- telescope, refracting
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/4 in x 5 19/32 in x 54 1/2 in; 23.495 cm x 14.224 cm x 138.43 cm
- place made
- France: Île-de-France, Paris
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Astronomy
- Record ID
- nmah_1183733
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-28a1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
