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Achromatic Telescope, by Dollond, London, 1774

Inventory Number 53524


Subject
Telescopes
Item type
Object
Makers
Dollond
Provenance
Presented by the Radcliffe Trustees in 1933. From the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford.
Object type
Telescope
Dimensions
Height: 3110mm Width: 1300mm Depth: 1400mm
Inventory No
53524
Accession Number
1933-22

Description

An English achromatic telescope by Dollond dated 1774.

The instrument was made to the order of Thomas Hornsby, the first Radcliffe observer, and was part of the original equipment of the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford.