Telescope (spyglass)

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Description:

This telescope, made around 1800, has an achromatic objective, a four-element erecting eye piece, and an octagonal wooden tube that tapers slightly from the objective lens to the eye piece. The "BLUNT / LONDON" inscription is probably that of Thomas Blunt, an instrument maker who worked with Edward Nairne for many years before going into business on his own in 1794.

Date Made: ca 1800

Maker: Blunt

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.314890Catalog Number: 314890Accession Number: 211899

Object Name: telescopetelescope (spyglass)

Measurements: aperture: 1 in; 2.54 cmoverall: 25 in; 63.5 cmoverall: 22 11/16 in x 1 3/4 in; 57.62625 cm x 4.445 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-1697-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1247816

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