Hand telescope

Made:: 1770-1777 in London

maker:: Benjamin Martin

Hand telescope, 4-draw, in green shagreen case, by Benjamin Martin, London, c.1775

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1919-467

type:: telescope - refracting

credit:: Court, Thomas Henry

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Hand-held refracting telescope by Benjamin Martin

Hand-held refracting telescope, 4-draw brass tube with fish skin covering, by Benjamin Martin, London, c. 1780. Tube is without object glass cap.

Materials:: copper (alloy) , glass and fish skin

Object Number:: 1919-467 Pt1

type:: instrument component and telescope - refracting

Case for hand telescope

Green shagreen case for Hand telescope, 4-draw, by Benjamin Martin, London, c.1775

Object Number:: 1919-467 Pt2

type:: instrument cases

Hand telescope

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Hand-held refracting telescope by Benjamin Martin

Case for hand telescope

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