Object Details
- Description
- The “R. Fuess / Berlin” inscription on the horizontal circle of this large optical goniometer refers to a German firm that began in business in the late nineteenth century, and that made many goniometers. This example belonged to, and was probably used by, the Danish-American instrument maker, Lauritz C. Eichner.
- Ref: Carl Leiss, Die Optischen Instrumente der Firma R. Fuess (Leipzig, 1899).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Fuess, Rudolph
- Physical Description
- aluminum (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 1/2 in x 16 in x 18 in; 31.75 cm x 40.64 cm x 45.72 cm
- overall: 12 1/2 in x 17 in x 19 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 43.18 cm x 49.53 cm
- Object Name
- goniometer
