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Star Finder

Catalogue number:
PH*322999

Inscriptions:
"THE BARRITT-SERVISS STAR AND PLANET FINDER"

Dimensions:
15 inches square

Discussion:
This Star and Planet Finder, subtitled "THE HEAVENS WITHOUT A TELESCOPE," was published in 1906 and cost $5. Leon Barritt, a publisher in New York, copyrighted the form and applied for patents in the United States, England, Germany, France, and Belgium. Garrett Serviss was a well-known science writer and lecturer. Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, donated this example to the Smithsonian in 1963.

Ref: Leon Barritt, "Star and Planet Finder," U.S. patent #832,527.

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Star Finder

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