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Achromatic prospect glass telescope

Made:
1794-1823 in Cornhill
maker:
Blunt, Thomas

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Achromatic prospect glass telescope, silver-plated brass, two-draw tube with ivory covering, incomplete (objective lens missing), by Thomas Blunt, London, England, 1794-1823

Details

Category:
Optics
Object Number:
1917-47
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass, ivory and silver plated
type:
telescope - refracting
taxonomy:
  • furnishing and equipment
  • tools & equipment
  • monocular
  • furnishing and equipment
  • tools & equipment
  • optical instrument
  • telescope
  • furnishing and equipment
  • tools & equipment
  • optical instrument
  • telescope
  • telescope - refracting
credit:
Court, Thomas Henry

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