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Description:

This refracting telescope may be home-made. One inscription on the cardboard tube reads “TRIUNE TELESCOPE / Alpha has a magnifying power of 13 times and a / Field diameter of 132 feet to the mile (about) / Beta has a Magnifying Power 24 diameters, / Field – About 840 feet to the Mile. / Gamma has a magnifying power of 36 times and a / Field diameter of 66 . . .” Another reads “M. J. Kenny / Inventor & Builder / Buffalo, N.Y. / B.S.H.” Kenny has not been identified. B.S.H. may refer to the Buffalo State Hospital.

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.319734Catalog Number: 319734Accession Number: 239019

Object Name: telescopetelescope

Measurements: overall: 20 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 52.705 cm x 3.4925 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-81fe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1818455

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Telescope