Unknown, 1775 c.+25
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photo - whole telescope
Basic Info

Maker: Unknown

Year: 1775 c.+25

Year Range: -

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Manufacturing Location: English

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No stand present.

Collection: Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes

Accession #: LC 52

Sources:

Louwman, P.J.K., and Zuidervaart, H.J., "A Certain Instrument for Seeing Far: Four Centuries of Styling the Telescope Illustrated by a Selection of Treasures from the Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes". Wassenaar, 2013. p.80. #52

Public Notes:

"Main tube and three drawtubes covered with green coloured ray skin. Brass curved fittings and protective lids. Unsigned, but resembling the preceding Martin (LC 51) and next Dollond manufactured (LC 54) telescopes. Third quarter of the eighteenth century" (Louwman and Zuidervaart, 2013).

Length (open): 1000

Length (closed): 360

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Optical Basics

Objective type: unconfirmed

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Materials: rayskin, brass

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