Circular glass mirror (10 1/2-inch)

Made:: 1950 in England

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Circular glass mirror (10 1/2-inch)
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Circular glass mirror (10 1/2-inch), aluminium coated of about 30 feet focal length with wooden box. Inscription on the reverse side of the mirror reads, 'Cox, Hargreave & Thomson Ltd 1950'.

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 2001-689

Materials:: glass, wood and complete

Measurements:: overall (case): 190 x 330 x 365 mm

type:: components, concave mirrors, glass mirrors and astronomical instruments

credit:: University of Oxford (Dept of Physics)

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Circular glass mirror (10 1/2-inch)

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