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Telescope Eyepiece, English, 19th Century

Inventory Number 78015


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.78015

Subject
Telescopes
Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Radcliffe Observatory.
Primary inscriptions
None
Physical material
Glass
copper alloy
Object type
Telescope eyepiece
Dimensions
Diameter: 48mm Height: 64mm
Inventory No
78015

Description

Airy-style brass telescope eyepiece. Copper alloy cylindrical tube. Adjustable lens with clamps and dial to one end. An internal lens is visible through the wider connecting end. White adhesive label to inside edge handwritten 'Airy E.P. R.O'.