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Refracting Telescope and Cap, by Dudley Adams, London, Early 19th Century

Inventory Number 78601

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.78601

Subject
Telescopes
Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
"ADAMS'S / New Patent Portable Telescope / No. 60 Fleet Strt. LONDON."
Physical material
brass
shagreen
glass
Object type
Telescope
Inventory No
78601

Description

Refractor with nine draw copper alloy tubes, body bound with green shagreen. Push-fit copper alloy cover for the object glass; screw-fit eye-stop with sliding cover.

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