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Box with Vernier for De La Rue Telescope

Inventory Number 11147


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11147

Subject
Telescopes
Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the University Observatory in 1934.
Physical material
metal
Object type
Telescope
Dimensions
Height: 50mm Width: 80mm Depth: 40mm
Inventory No
11147
Accession Number
1934-9

Description

The metal Vernier has two loose screws in the bracket which may have been used to attach it to the telescope; the bracket attaches to the Vernier itself, which has a metal gauge attached.