Silver-on-Glass Telescope Mirror
Silver-on-glass telescope mirror, 9-inch diameter, by George H. With, Hereford, from Canon Cross's equatorial Newtonian reflecting telescope, 1865-90. Mounted in brass mirror cell with lid, detached from rest of telescope.
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) , glass , teak (wood) , steel (metal) , paper (fibre product) and mirror-glass (silvered)
- Object Number:
- 1984-578 Pt1
- type:
- components , concave mirrors and glass mirrors
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- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum