Polemoscope or 'Jealousy Glass'
- Made:
- 1725-1735
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LicensePolemoscope or 'Jealousy Glass', small telescope
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Polemoscope or 'Jealousy Glass', small telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Polemoscope or 'Jealousy Glass', small telescope, horn with silver ferrule, with screw focussing, diagonal mirror in fishskin case, by Edward Scarlett (?), c. 1730
Details
- Category:
- Optics
- Object Number:
- 1938-744
- Materials:
- horn, glass, silver (alloy), fish skin, textile, cardboard, iron and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Measurements:
-
object: x 90 mm x , 35 mm,
case: x 100 mm x , 47 mm,
overall weight: x x , , .095kg
- type:
- telescope
- credit:
- Court, Thomas Henry
