Historic
Buhl Planetarium Equipment & Artifacts
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12) Astronomical Painting by Pennsylvania artist
and architect Daniel Owen Stephens: Cygnus the Swan.
13) Astronomical Painting
by Pennsylvania artist and architect Daniel Owen Stephens: Nine
Planets and A Million Suns.
14) Astronomical Painting
by Pennsylvania artist and architect Daniel Owen Stephens: The
Great Bear.
15) Portrait of Henry Buhl,
Jr., whose will created the Buhl
Foundation.
16) Portrait of Louise Buhl,
wife of Henry Buhl, Jr.
17) Painting of Halley’s
Comet.
18) Van de Graaff
Electrostatic Generator (and
brass railing which previously encircled generator) – Medium-sized model (not very
large or small generators purchased since 1939).
19) Four Toledo Planetary
Weight Scales: Earth, Moon, Mars, Jupiter (Note: another multi-planet weight scale, the Fairbanks-Morse
Planetary Weight Scale, continues in public display near the entrance to the
Henry Buhl, Jr. Planetarium on the second floor of The Carnegie Science
Center).
20) Zeiss II Planetarium
Projector Control Console and related equipment (Since 2010, the Zeiss II Planetarium Projector
has been displayed on the first floor of The Carnegie Science Center, without the
control console and related equipment).
21) Epideoscope – Antique overhead projector used to project
biological sample slides.
22) Large Oscilloscope.
23) Lecture Hall Science Lab
Table.
24) Two sets of stage drapes
(for small stage in
Planetarium Theater and stage in Little Science Theater).
25) Astronomical
Transparencies (back-lit) from Hallways around Planetarium Theater.