Telescope used by General Roy for measuring base line to link Paris and Greenwich
- Made:
- Unattributed
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Telescope used by General Roy for measuring base line to link
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Telescope used by General Roy for measuring base line to link Paris and Greenwich, with box, 1784
Details
- Category:
- Surveying
- Object Number:
- 1900-157
- Materials:
- telescope tube, brass, lenses, glass and box, mahogany
- Measurements:
-
telescope: length 354 mm
body tube: diameter 34 mm
box: length 370 mm
box: width 64 mm
box: height 50 mm
- type:
- base line measurement
- credit:
- The Royal Society
