Unknown, 1710 c.
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Photo

photo - whole telescope
Basic Info

Maker: Unknown

Year: 1710 c.

Year Range: -

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Inscriptions:

No stand present.

Collection: National Maritime Museum

Accession #: NAV1549

Sources:

Royal Museums Greenwich. "Non-achromatic telescope". http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/43761.html [Accessed: June 2016].

Public Notes:

"This non-achromatic telescope has three draw tubes made of green vellum and a leather barrel with gold-tooled decoration. The other fittings are made of lignum vitae and brass, including sliding objective and eyepiece lens covers. Stop lines on the draw tubes (shown by rings of black dots) indicate the telescope's optimum working length" (Royal Museums Greenwich).

Length (open):

Length (closed): 235

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Optical Basics

Objective type: unconfirmed

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Functional style

Materials: lignum vitae, vellum, glass, brass

Optical/Lab Data

Drawtube data:

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Diameter: 35 mm

Objective Data

Eyepieces

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