The Collection Of Historical Scientific Instruments
The Collection Of Historical Scientific Instruments is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Turkey Hill stands 107 m to the northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Compare The Shells, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
Harvard University's Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments (CHSI), established 1948, is "one of the three largest university collections of its kind in the world". Waywiser, the online catalog of the collection, lists over 60% of the collection's 20,000 objects as of 2014. The collection was originally curated by Mr. David P Wheatland in his office to prevent obsolete equipment from being cannibalized for its component parts and materials.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1950.
Wikidata Q22022153, matched on coordinates and name (16 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Harvard
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 3.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.5 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 3 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Eagle Rock · 27 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Compare The Shells: 0.1 mi
- Mesoamerican Stele: 0.1 mi
- Night Wall I: 0.1 mi
- Statue Of David: 0.2 mi
- Bessie: 0.2 mi
- Adolphus Busch Hall Garden: 0.1 mi
- Wallach Garden: 0.3 mi
- Harvard Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Green Street Neighborhood Garden: 0.6 mi
- Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Harvard Geological and Mineral Museum: 0.1 mi
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology: 0.1 mi
- Harvard Museum of Natural History: 0.1 mi
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: 0.1 mi
- Semitic Museum: 0.1 mi
- John Harvard Statue: 0.2 mi
- Statue of Charles Sumner: 0.2 mi
- Irish Famine Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Civil War Monument: 0.2 mi
- Statue of John Bridge: 0.2 mi
- Flagstaff Park: 0.2 mi
- Dawes Island Park: 0.2 mi
- Cambridge Common: 0.3 mi
- Joan Lorentz Park: 0.3 mi
- Brattle Square: 0.4 mi
- Harvard Square: 0.3 mi
- Charles Riverboat Company: 2.1 mi
- Citgo Sign: 2.1 mi
- Longfellow Bridge Trophy Room: 2.2 mi
- 34: 2.2 mi
- Dana Hill: 0.5 mi
- Spring Hill: 0.9 mi
- Spring Hill: 0.9 mi
- Central Hill: 1.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.2 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.7 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.8 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.8 mi
- Mystic River Reservation: 1.9 mi
- Amory Woods: 2.0 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 5.5 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 5.6 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.7 mi
- Corinha Beach: 6.9 mi
- Tenean Beach: 6.9 mi
- Lunch Wall: 4.6 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.6 mi
- Lower Cliff: 4.7 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.7 mi
- Upper Cliff: 4.7 mi
- Pine Knoll: 5.1 mi
- Oak Lea: 5.1 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 5.3 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 7.1 mi
- Valley Shelter: 7.1 mi
- Boathouse: 12.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 12.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 12.0 mi
- Rainshed: 12.0 mi
- Boston Light: 12.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 2.5 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 24.7 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 24.7 mi
- Quarry Spring: 4.1 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 11.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 20.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 5.2 mi
- Rock Falls: 13.5 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 19.7 mi
- Haywardville: 6.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.4 miles of The Collection Of Historical Scientific Instruments. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Hill | NW 323° | 107 m | 4.8 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | SSW 207° | 100 m | 4.1 mi |
| Waban Hill | SW 229° | 98 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | NW 316° | 95 m | 4.9 mi |
| Cairn Hill | NNE 18° | 92 m | 5.0 mi |
| Wellington Hill | WNW 295° | 91 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Walley | SSW 193° | 91 m | 4.8 mi |
| Green Hill | S 189° | 89 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13042259655
Day trips start here
- Cambridge · 0 mi
- Somerville · 1 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 2 mi
- Arlington · 3 mi
- Boston · 3 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 3 mi
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