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History of Science Museum

Driving Motor for De La Rue Telescope

Inventory Number 73180


Subject
Telescopes
Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the University Observatory in 1934.
Physical material
Metal
Hair(?)
Object type
Telescope
Inventory No
73180
Accession Number
1934-9

Description

Hand-turned gear train for driving the telescope, 1848. In 1857 it was fitted with a regulator.