Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture

PART OF:: Refracting telescope with 5.9-inch aperture lens, brass tube and English type equatorial mounting and clockwork drive

Made:: 1829 in England

designer:: Richard Sheepshanks

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Clockwork drive designed by the Rev. Sheepshank for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture by Dollond mounted on English type equatorial mounting

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1929-949 Pt2

Materials:: steel and brass

Measurements:: Clockwork drive: 1085 mm x 465 mm x 200 mm, 22 kg

type:: instrument component and telescope drive (mechanical)

credit:: Royal Observatory, Greenwich

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