Title(s)

Information relative to the construction and maintenance of time-balls / prepared under the dir. of W.B. Hazen (title on object)

Object type

• book

Object number

RP-F-2010-128

Inscriptions / marks

• annotation: ‘W42.11:5’
• annotation: ‘Whitman College Library,/ Donated by Chief Signal Officer [.].S.A./ Jan. 13 1883.’

Artist

• William Babcock Hazen (mentioned on object)
• William Babcock Hazen (mentioned on object)
• printer: Government Printing Office (mentioned on object)

Place

Washington D.C.

Dating

1881

Material

• paper

Technique

printing / collotype

Measurements

height 293 mm × width 230 mm × thickness 3 mm

Credit line

• Gift of S.F. Joseph, Brussels

Acquisition

gift 2010

Copyright

Public domain

Parts

• Gezicht op de tijdbal van Boston, Massachusetts (RP-F-2010-128-1)
• Gezicht op het mechanisme van de tijdbal van Boston, Massachusetts (RP-F-2010-128-2)