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LicenseSpyglass terrestrial telescope
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Spyglass terrestrial telescope, with leather draw-tube and wood fitting unsigned, European, 1701-1800.
Details
- Category:
- Optics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1997-1974
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), leather and glass
- Measurements:
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overall (closed): Wd. 230 mm x Dia. 50 mm, Wt. 0.39kg
overall (open): Wd.570 mm x Dia. 45 mm, (without caps)
- type:
- terrestrial telescope and telescope - refracting
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
