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Leather draw-tube terrestrial telescope, with ivory ferrules and fittings, unsigned, European, 1680-1750.
Details
- Category:
- Optics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1997-1977
- Materials:
- ivory, leather, wood (unidentified), paper (fibre product), cardboard and glass
- Measurements:
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overall (partly closed): Wd. 240 mm x Dia. 45 mm, Wt. 0.0107kg
overall (open): Wd. 430 mm x Dia. 45 mm,
- type:
- terrestrial telescope and telescope - refracting
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
