Spyglass hand telescope with brass body and braided string grip on tube

Made:: 1762-1800 in London

maker:: Jesse Ramsden

Spyglass hand telescope with brass body and braided string grip

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Spyglass hand telescope with brass body and braided string grip on tube, by Jesse Ramsden, London, England, 1762-1800.

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1907-107

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy), string and glass

Measurements:: overall: 140 mm 39 mm, .248kg

type:: terrestrial telescope, telescope - galilean and telescope - refracting

credit:: Lecky, John

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Spyglass hand telescope with brass body and braided string grip on tube

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