Selection of eyepieces and other accessories in fitted mahogany case for (Smyth) refracting telescope

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

Made:: 1830 in London

maker:: Peter Dollond

Selection of eyepieces and other accessories by Dollond in

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Selection of eyepieces and other accessories by Dollond in fitted mahogany case for (Smyth) refracting telescope mounted on English type equatorial mounting. These include 8 eyepieces (x22-416), an eyepiece wheel (x185-1100), a filter wheel & two wedge filters

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1929-949 Pt4

Materials:: glass, brass and mahogany

Measurements:: Estimate overall: 200 mm x 470 mm x 200 mm, 13.65 kg

type:: eyepiece and crystal micrometer

credit:: Royal Observatory, Greenwich

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Selection of eyepieces and other accessories in fitted mahogany case for (Smyth) refracting telescope

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