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Pocket hand-held spyglass telescope, non-achromatic (Galilean type), single draw-tube, shagreen & leather tube with ivory and brass fitting, sliding lens covers, unsigned, English, 1700-1750. The telescope has been sectioned longitudinally to show its construction.
Details
- Category:
- Optics
- Object Number:
- 1918-134
- Measurements:
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overall: .042kg
overall (closed): 135 mm 27 mm,
- type:
- telescope - terrestrial
- credit:
- Court, Thomas Henry
