Bronze screws from Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture

PART OF:: Refracting telescope with 5.9-inch aperture lens, brass tube and English type equatorial mounting and clockwork drive

Made:: 1829 in London

maker:: George Dollond, Charles Tulley and Troughton and Simms Limited

Two bronze screws, removed from the circular grid attached to the base of refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture by Dollond.

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1929-949 Pt7

Materials:: bronze (copper, tin alloy))

type:: instrument component

credit:: Royal Observatory, Greenwich

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Bronze screws from Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture

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