Filar micrometer, part of refracting telescope by John Smeaton on equatorial mounting with stand [RAS No.7] . Presented to Royal Astronomical Society in 1845 by Mrs Sommerville to whom it was left by Mrs Dixon, Smeaton's daughter.
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- Category:
- Astronomy
- Object Number:
- 1931-347 Pt2
- type:
- instrument component
- taxonomy:
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- component - object
- furnishing and equipment
- measuring device - instrument
- micrometer - angle
- credit:
- Royal Astronomical Society
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