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Photograph (Gelatine Print) of a Refracting Telescope, Late 19th Century

Inventory Number 62748


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Executors of G. H. Gabb in 1949. Gabb Archive.
Inventory No
62748
Accession Number
1949-10

Description

xxx Shows a smallish refracting telescope mounted on a tripod with a sophisticated altazimuth mount, standing outside a small shed. Companion of 83318, an almost identical photograph, 67784, a detail of the altazimuth mount, and 77983, a different (reflecting) telescope standing outside the same shed.