Objective lens for the Peek Telescope
- Object Number:
- 2001-404 Pt1
- type:
- components and objective lenses
Refracting telescope of 6 4/16-inch aperture and 74 inch focal length with stand and clock drive
- maker:
- T. Cooke & Sons and
- G and S Merz
Refracting telescope of 6 4/16-inch aperture and 74 inch focal length with mahogany veneer wooden tube by G & S Merz, Munich, 1867-1871. Mounted on German equatorial stand with iron pier and clock drive by Thomas Cooke & Sons, York, dated 1871. Acquired in the 1860s by W. G. Lettsom and sold to Sir Cuthbert E Peek in 1882 who employed Charles Grover to make observation at Rousdon Hall, Devon until 1921. Given to the University of Durham in 1925 before returning to Rousden Hall in 1970, now established as All Hallows school.
Details
- Category:
- Astronomy
- Object Number:
- 2001-404
- Measurements:
-
overall (estimate) assembled: 3000 x 1500 x 500 mm
- type:
- telescope - refracting
- credit:
- Rousdon Estate Limited
Parts
Mahogany veneer wooden tube for Peek telescope
- Materials:
- pine , mahogany and incomplete
- Object Number:
- 2001-404 Pt2
- type:
- components , astronomical instruments and refracting telescopes
Tapering pillar base for equatorial mounting of Peek telescope
Upper section of tapering pillar with polar axis of equatorial mounting
- Materials:
- iron , brass and incomplete
- Object Number:
- 2001-404 Pt4
- type:
- components and mounts (telescopes)
Components of Peek telescope equatorial mounting
- Object Number:
- 2001-404 Pt5
- type:
- components , astronomical instruments and refracting telescopes
Driving clock and components from Peek equatorial mounting
- Object Number:
- 2001-404 Pt6
- type:
- components , astronomical instruments and refracting telescopes
