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Steel and wood spyglass, the larger lens missing

Made:
1800-1817 in London
maker:
Dudley Adams
Spyglass telescope, silver plated and painted brass tube

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Spyglass telescope, silver plated and painted brass tube
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Spyglass telescope, silver plated and painted brass tube, objective lens missing, by Dudley Adams, Fleet Street, London, England, 1800-1817

Details

Category:
Optics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1983-346
Materials:
glass, brass (copper, zinc alloy), silver plated and paint
Measurements:
overall: 75 mm x 43 mm, 0.086kg
type:
telescope - galilean, telescope - terrestrial and telescope - refracting
credit:
Wellcome Trust

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