Refracting telescope of 3 3/4 inch aperture and 5-foot focal length on English type equatorial mounting. Built in 1797 for Captain Huddart, Highbury, London with optics by Peter & John Dollond and mounting by Troughton. In 1816 it was acquired by Sir James South who used it with Sir John Herschel to observe double stars. Refracting Telescope.
Drawing in glazed frame of an early transit instrument made by Edward Troughton for his friend, Sir James South [see 1931-352]. Drawing in glazed frame of an early transit instrument made by Edward Troughton
