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Micrometer A from Carrington Circle

Inventory Number 11014


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11014

Subject
Telescopes
Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
a
Other inscriptions
Attached label: Carrington T.C. Micros a
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Glass
Metal
Object type
Telescope
Dimensions
Diameter: 145mm Height: 185mm Weight: 1350g
Inventory No
11014

Description

A roughly triangular shaped copper alloy attachment with a hole in each point and a glass lens mounted on a stage at the centre. The triangular plate is mounted at an angle on a central tube which contains the lens.