Small Gregorian Reflecting Telescope with shagreen tube on a ball socket stand

Made:: 1740-1769 in Paris

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Small Gregorian Reflecting Telescope with shagreen tube on a ball socket stand, by Claude Simon Passemant, Paris

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1938-721

type:: telescope - gregorian and telescope - reflecting

credit:: Mr Thomas H. Court

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Small Gregorian Reflecting Telescope with shagreen tube on a ball socket stand

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