Lot Essay
Although encompassing a wide variety of detailed astronomical information, it appears from the lay-out that this star-finder was intended the young student.
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BARRITT, Leon, USA, 1936
THE HEAVENS WITHOUT A TELESCOPE. THE ONLY PRACTICAL COMBINATION STAR, PLANET, and SUN and MOON MAP. THE BARRITT-SERVISS STAR AND PLANET FINDER (NORTHERN HEMISPHERE) COLLABORATED BY LEON BARRITT and GARRETT P. SERVISS. U.S. PATENT OCT. 2, 1906, BY LEON BARRITT. COPYRIGHTED, 1906, BY LEON BARRITT, PUBLISHER, NEW YORK CITY
A star map, made in white printed cardboard, the sleeve printed with hours and instructions for following the path of the sun, the moon and the planets, a large section cut away to show the rotating disc printed with the celestial map showing the stars visible from latitude 40 north to four orders of magnitude, and days and months of the year and houses of the Zodiac, visible through seperate cut-away sections, with accompanying booklet PLANET TABLES. MOON PHASES AND THE SUN'S DAILY POSITION. Giving the Dates and Degrees for Entering the Sun, Moon and Planet Disks upon the Ecliptic of the Fixed Star Map, For a period of Twelve Years, 1936 to 1947. Copyright, 1936, by Leon Barritt. Eleventh Edition, contained in white cardboard box -- 15.3/8in. (39cm.) square; and six contemporaneous black and white colotypes 12.5in (31.8cm.) x 9.5in. (24.1cm.), depicting The Snow Coleostat and Second Mirror (2), Mount Wilson Observatory, The Great Telescope of Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, Canes Venatici, Star Cluster and Coma Berenices, Spiral Nebula
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THE HEAVENS WITHOUT A TELESCOPE. THE ONLY PRACTICAL COMBINATION STAR, PLANET, and SUN and MOON MAP. THE BARRITT-SERVISS STAR AND PLANET FINDER (NORTHERN HEMISPHERE) COLLABORATED BY LEON BARRITT and GARRETT P. SERVISS. U.S. PATENT OCT. 2, 1906, BY LEON BARRITT. COPYRIGHTED, 1906, BY LEON BARRITT, PUBLISHER, NEW YORK CITY
A star map, made in white printed cardboard, the sleeve printed with hours and instructions for following the path of the sun, the moon and the planets, a large section cut away to show the rotating disc printed with the celestial map showing the stars visible from latitude 40 north to four orders of magnitude, and days and months of the year and houses of the Zodiac, visible through seperate cut-away sections, with accompanying booklet PLANET TABLES. MOON PHASES AND THE SUN'S DAILY POSITION. Giving the Dates and Degrees for Entering the Sun, Moon and Planet Disks upon the Ecliptic of the Fixed Star Map, For a period of Twelve Years, 1936 to 1947. Copyright, 1936, by Leon Barritt. Eleventh Edition, contained in white cardboard box -- 15.3/8in. (39cm.) square; and six contemporaneous black and white colotypes 12.5in (31.8cm.) x 9.5in. (24.1cm.), depicting The Snow Coleostat and Second Mirror (2), Mount Wilson Observatory, The Great Telescope of Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, Canes Venatici, Star Cluster and Coma Berenices, Spiral Nebula
See Illustration