Skeleton Spy Glass (c.1820)

Made:: 1820

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Skeleton Spy Glass (c.1820), two lenses on a sliding bar, one end a folding diminishing lens; silver

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1993-1147

type:: telescope - galilean, telescope - terrestrial and telescope - refracting

credit:: National Maritime Museum

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Skeleton Spy Glass (c.1820)

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