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Terrestrial hand telescope

Made:
1675-1685 in London
maker:
Joseph Howe
and
John Huggins
Terrestrial hand telescope, 6-draw, vellum body

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Terrestrial hand telescope, 6-draw, vellum body
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Terrestrial hand telescope, 6-draw, vellum body, stamped originally in gold, wooden mounts, by Howe, signed:- Jo. HOWE/LONDINI/FECIT, c.1680. cap for Object Glass and wooden eyepiece tube lacking, length closed 1ft, 1 3/8 inch, eye lens mount cracked and piece missing, Object Glass mount cracked, and piece missing; all four lenses in good order

Details

Category:
Optics
Object Number:
1928-675
Materials:
wood, vellum, box (wood), glass, paper, textile and paint
Measurements:
overall (closed): x 340 mm x , 55 mm, .24kg
type:
telescope - terrestrial and telescope - refracting
credit:
Woolverton, C.N.

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