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Micrometer B from Carrington Circle

Inventory Number 11015


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11015

Subject
Telescopes
Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
B
Other inscriptions
Attached label: Carrington T.C. Spare micros
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Glass
Metal
Object type
Telescope
Dimensions
Diameter: 149mm Height: 158mm Weight: 1281g
Inventory No
11015

Description

A roughly triangular shaped copper alloy attachment with a hole in each point and mounted eyepiece going through the centre. The triangular plate is mounted at an angle with the central eyepiece tube which contains lenses. There is a stage plate incorporated into the central tube with a knob for adjusting on one end. There is a B imprinted on the plate.