Telescope (Spyglass)

Description:

This telescope once belonged to Francis Asbury Bassett, an engineer who took part in the development of Route 50 through Ohio. It has an achromatic objective, a four-element erecting eye piece, and a three-draw brass body painted green and gold. The inscription reads "G. Bracher London for E. A. Kutz New York." George Bracher was an optician working in London between 1826 and 1840. Erasmus Kutz was an English immigrant to the U.S. who sold rules and other mathematical instruments.

Ref: Gloria Clifton, Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers, 1550-1851 (London, 1995), p. 36.

Charles Smart, The Makers of Surveying Instruments in America Since 1700 (Troy, N.Y., 1962), pp. 99-100.

Maker: Bracher, George

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1998.0088.01Accession Number: 1998.0088Catalog Number: 1998.0088.01

Object Name: telescope (spyglass)

Measurements: overall: 11 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 29.21 cm x 3.81 cmoverall in case: 3 in x 12 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 32.385 cm x 9.525 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-3bc1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1183886

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