Telescope used by General Roy for measuring base line to link Paris and Greenwich

Telescope used by General Roy for measuring base line to link Telescope used by General Roy for measuring base line to link

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Telescope used by General Roy for measuring base line to link
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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

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Category:
Surveying
Object Number:
1900-157
Materials:
telescope tube, brass, lenses, glass and box, mahogany
type:
base line measurement
credit:
The Royal Society