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Micrometer C from Carrington Circle

Inventory Number 11017


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11017

Subject
Telescopes
Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
C
Other inscriptions
Attached label: Carrington T.C. Mic C
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Glass
Metal
Object type
Telescope
Dimensions
Height: 168mm Width: 177mm Depth: 132mm Weight: 1230g
Inventory No
11017

Description

A roughly triangular shaped copper alloy attachment with an oblong 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 C imprinted on the plate.