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Refracting Telescope, by Benjamin Martin, London, Mid-18th Century

Inventory Number 90307


Subject
Telescopes
Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay with his collection.
Primary inscriptions
"B:MARTIN LONDON"
Object type
Telescope
Inventory No
90307
Accession Number
1944-1/part

Description

Pasteboard body, covered with black leather, 4 draw tubes with green vellum, lignum vitae objective mount, brass objective cell with sliding cover, horn ferrules, brass eye-stop with sliding cover.