Yerkes Observatory Buildings, Instruments, Equipment, Grounds

Yerkes Observatory Buildings, Instruments, Equipment, Grounds
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TitleYerkes Observatory Buildings, Instruments, Equipment, Grounds
ViewGalvanometer 23:1355 (2008-003)
SeriesVI: Yerkes Observatory
DescriptionGalvanometer for measuring electric current. Most likely photographed at the Harbert House in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, which served as the home of Yerkes Observatory director George Ellery Hale and his wife Evelina Conklin Hale from 1896 to 1897.
Subject TermsGalvanometers | Measuring instruments | Electric currents
Photograph DateUndated
Physical FormatGlass plate negatives; 16.0 x 21.0 cm
LocationWilliams Bay, Wisconsin
CollectionArchival Photographic Files
RepositoryUniversity of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
Image Identifierapf6-00712

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