Reflecting telescope

Description

4 1/2 inch reflecting telescope, by James Short of Edinburgh, 1737

Museum reference

T.1999.352

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Reflecting telescope

Production information

Short, James, 1710 - 1768
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1737

Materials

Brass, Glass

Physical description

brass and glass

Exhibitions

• Reflecting Telescopes (25 Mar 2016 - 28 Aug 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Philosophical Transactions, 447, (40), 1738, p.177 - 195

D. Bryden, James Short and his Telescopes, 1968, p.13