Refracting telescope of 6 4/16-inch aperture and 74 inch focal length with stand and clock drive

Made:
1867-1871 in Munich and York
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
Materials:
iron, brass, pine, mahogany, glass and incomplete
Measurements:
overall (estimate) assembled: 3000 x 1500 x 500 mm
type:
telescope - refracting
credit:
Rousdon Estate Limited

Parts

Objective lens for the Peek Telescope

Objective lens for the Peek Telescope

Objective lens for the Peek Telescope, 6 1/4-inch aperture and 74 inch focal length by G and S Merz, Munich, later refigured by Cooke, Troughton and Simms Limited, 1867-1871.

Measurements:
overall: 50 x 205 mm
Materials:
brass , glass and complete
Object Number:
2001-404 Pt1
type:
components and objective lenses
Tapering pillar base for equatorial mounting of Peek telescope

Tapering pillar base for equatorial mounting of Peek telescope

Cast iron tapering pillar base for the equatorial mounting by Thomas Cooke and Sons, dated 1871 for the Peek Telescope by G & S Merz, Munich, 1867-1871.

Materials:
cast iron and complete
Object Number:
2001-404 Pt3
type:
components and solar telescopes
Upper section of tapering pillar with polar axis of equatorial mounting

Upper section of tapering pillar with polar axis of equatorial mounting

Cast iron upper section of tapering pillar with polar axis of equatorial mounting by Thomas Cooke and Sons, dated 1871 for the Peek Telescope by G & S Merz, Munich, 1867-1871.

Materials:
iron , brass and incomplete
Object Number:
2001-404 Pt4
type:
components and mounts (telescopes)
Components of Peek telescope equatorial mounting

Components of Peek telescope equatorial mounting

Cross-axis declination shaft with setting circle and conterweight from German equatorial mounting by Thomas Cooke and Sons, dated 1871 for the Peek Telescope by G and S Merz, Munich, 1867-1871.