Refracting telescope

Description

5 inch refracting telescope, made of brass, with brass finder telescope mounted between brass trunions, on a rotating table, with mahogany and brass tripod with iron fittings painted black, by Troughton & Simms, London, c. 1880

Museum reference

T.2015.66

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Refracting telescope

Production information

Troughton & Simms, Workshop Production
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1880

Materials

Brass, Glass, Brass, Brass, Mahogany, Brass, Cast iron

Physical description

Brass telescope, cast iron mount and mahogany, brass and cast iron tripod

Associations

Auctioneer: Phillips Auctioneers
Allan G. Murray Telescope Collection

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Collection Story

Credit

Allan G Murray Telescope Collection