Dollond Refracting Telescope
Dollond Refracting Telescope
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- Description
- This telescope has an achromatic objective, a five-element erecting eyepiece, a ten-sided wood tube with brass couplings that breaks down into three sections, and a tin-plated case covered with leather. It was probably made in the second half of the eighteenth century. The inscription reads "Dollond LONDON."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- telescope, refracting
- maker
- Dollond
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- Measurements
- overall: 37 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 95.25 cm x 3.175 cm
- overall in case: 14 in x 6 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in; 35.56 cm x 15.875 cm x 6.0325 cm
- ID Number
- PH.325413
- catalog number
- 325413
- accession number
- 256202
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- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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