Unknown, 1775 c.25
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Photo

photo - whole telescope
Basic Info

Maker: Unknown

Year: 1775 c.25

Year Range: -

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Manufacturing Location: Italy

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No stand present.

Collection: Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes

Accession #: LC 98

Sources:

Louwman, P.J.K., and Zuidervaart, H.J., "A Certain Instrument to See Far: Four Centuries of Styling the Telescope Illustrated by a Selection of Treasures from the Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes". Wassenaar, 2009. p.103. #104.

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.103. #98.

Public Notes:

"Presumably Italian telescope. Main tube covered with red paper, painted with floral motifs. Four pasteboard drawtubes. Ferrules and end pieces made of horn. Length 40-115 cm, Ø 4.5 cm. Unsigned. Late eighteenth century (Lualdi 2003, fig. 4)" (Louwman and Zuidervaart, 2013).

Length (open): 1150

Length (closed): 400

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Optical Basics

Objective type: singlet

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Materials: horn, paint

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