Opera glass telescope
- Made:
- 1838-1862 in City of Westminster
- maker:
- Charles Wastell Dixey
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Opera glass telescope, 'Galilean' type, with 2-draw brass and tortoiseshell tube, by C W Dixey, new Bond Street, 1838-1862.
Details
- Category:
- Optics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1983-333
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass and tortoiseshell
- Measurements:
-
overall (closed): Wd. 100 mm x 75 Dia. mm, Wt. 0.36kg
overall (open): Wd. 145 mm x Dia. 75 mm,
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
