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Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
telescope (prospect glass; spyglass) 1-draw tube, with green shagreen covered body, green leather draw tube, horn ferrules and fittings, shutters on eyepiece and main objective lens, unsigned, probably English, c.1750
Details
- Category:
- Optics
- Object Number:
- 1938-741
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), cardboard, glass, horn, leather, lignum vitae (wood), metal, paper, shagreen
- type:
- telescope - refracting
- taxonomy:
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- furnishing and equipment
- tools & equipment
- optical instrument
- telescope
- furnishing and equipment
- tools & equipment
- optical instrument
- telescope
- telescope - refracting
- furnishing and equipment
- tools & equipment
- monocular
- credit:
- Court, Thomas Henry
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