Telescope, 'Walking stick' type, 1850-1899

Walking stick telescope, body bound with a helical metal strip

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Walking stick telescope, body bound with a helical metal strip
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Walking stick telescope, body bound with a helical metal strip, length: 84cm., by G. Wilson, probably 19th century, (Wellcome B845)

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Category:
Optics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1984-1369
type:
telescope - terrestrial and telescope - refracting
credit:
Wellcome Trust