Refracting telescope used by William Radcliff Birt for lunar observations

Made:: 1863 in London

maker:: Smith, Beck & Beck

Refracting telescope of 4½-inch aperture and 5 ft focal length in wooden case with 2 eyepieces and adaptor tube, by Smith Beck & Beck, London, 1863. A Royal Society instrument used by William Radcliff Birt for lunar observations as part of a mapping project of the Moon organised by a committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Details

Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1900-134

Materials:: complete, brass and glass

Measurements:: overall: 1750 x 160 mm

type:: telescope - refracting

credit:: The Royal Society

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Case for 5-foot refracting astronomical telescope made by Smith Beck & Beck in 1863

Object Number:: 1900-134 Pt1

type:: components , storage boxes and instruments

Refracting telescope of 4�-inch aperture and 5 ft focal length with 2 eyepieces and adaptor tube

Refracting telescope of 4½-inch aperture and 5 ft focal length with 2 eyepieces and adaptor tube, by Smith Beck & Beck, London, 1863. A Royal Society instrument used by William Radcliff Birt for lunar observations as part of a mapping project of the Moon organised by a committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Materials:: complete , brass and glass

Object Number:: 1900-134 Pt2

type:: instrument component and telescope - refracting

Refracting telescope, used by William Radcliff Birt for lunar observations

Refracting telescope of 4½-inch aperture and 5 ft focal length, by Smith Beck & Beck, London, 1863. A Royal Society instrument used by William Radcliff Birt for lunar observations as part of a mapping project of the Moon organised by a committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.