- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- W. & S. Jones
- Provenance
- Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay with his collection.
- Primary inscriptions
- "W & S. Jones, 30. Holborn, London."
- Physical material
- Brass
- Object type
- Telescope
- Dimensions
- Height: 510mm Width: 510mm Depth: 317mm Weight: 7.05kg
- Inventory No
- 15117
- Accession Number
- 1944-1/part
Description
Circular base with azimuth adjustment, three levelling screws and two bubble levels; pillar support for latitude semicircle, supporting right ascension circle, on which rotates inverted declination arc with side support and clamp and tangent screw; refracting telescope with clamp for declination motion.
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