Serviss, Garrett Putnam
Garrett Putnam Serviss (March 24, 1851 - May 25, 1929) was an American astronomer, journalist, author, lecturer, and science fiction writer. Serviss was born in upstate New York and majored in science at Cornell University. He took a law degree at Columbia University but never worked as an attorney. Instead, in 1876 he joined the staff of the New York Sun newspaper, working as a journalist until 1892. In 1894, Andrew Carnegie invited him to deliver the popular Urania Lectures on astronomy, cosmology, and geology. Along with Leon Barritt (1852 - 1938), he published the Star and Planet Finder, which proved a commercial success and was published in multiple editions until the 1950s. In addition to his scientific work, Serviss was an avid mountain climber.
The Heavens without a Telescope, The Only Practical Combination Star, Planet, and Sun and Moon Map. - Barritt
An unusual tool for the amateur astronomer, this is Leon Barritt and Garrett Serviss's 1906 star and planet finder. The tool consists of a celestial map set into a frame. The map can be rotated to reveal the night sky of the Northern Hemisphere on each day of the month. The chart is surrounded by a wealth of additional astronomical information associated with Ellipses, the Elliptic, the sun, and more. The tool is further accompanied by a book of planetary Tables as well as six pushpin planet disks covering the Sun, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn. It is promoted as 'The Heavens without a Telescope, The Only Practical Combination Star, Planet, and Sun and Moon Map.' (more details)