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This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
Telescope by Yarwell, signed 'John Yarwell, Fecit', c.1690, [London]. 8-draw, object glass 1-inch, length closed 21
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Telescope by Yarwell, signed 'John Yarwell, Fecit', c.1690, [London]. 8-draw, object glass 1-inch, length closed 21
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Telescope by Yarwell, signed 'John Yarwell, Fecit', c.1690, [London]. 8-draw, object glass 1-inch, length closed 21
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Telescope by Yarwell, signed 'John Yarwell, Fecit', c.1690, [London]. 8-draw, object glass 1-inch, length closed 21
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Refracting eight-draw telescope made by John Yarwell, Ludgate Street, London, 1685-1695. Inscribed ‘'John Yarwell, Fecit’. The tube is decorated in gold designs on green vellum and features a royal coat of arms.
This telescope, made for terrestrial (rather than astronomical) use was made by one of London’s leading optical instrument makers, John Yarwell. Yarwell was a great rival of John Marshall, another optical instrument maker based in Ludgate Street.
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Details
- Category:
- Optics
- Object Number:
- 1928-920
- Measurements:
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overall (closed): x 930 mm x , 70 mm, .715kg
- type:
- telescope - terrestrial
- taxonomy:
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- furnishing and equipment
- tools & equipment
- optical instrument
- telescope
- telescope - refracting
- furnishing and equipment
- tools & equipment
- optical instrument
- telescope
- credit:
- Court, Thomas Henry
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