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Refracting Telescope, English, c. 1720

Inventory Number 18872


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.18872

Subject
Telescopes
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
Object type
Telescope
Dimensions
Height: 10.3cm Width: 241.5cm Depth: 9cm Weight: 3.4kg
Inventory No
18872
Accession Number
1925-43

Description

Oak refracting telescope with brass lens mounts and sliding dust excluders.Unsigned and undated; c.1720. Overall length 7' 9', cross section 3' x 3', aperture 11/4'.