Refracting telescope

Description

1 1/2" aperture 3-draw hand-held refracting telescope in brass, with wooden barrel, with doublet objective and 2-component eyepiece and erecting assemblies, signed by Peter Hill of Edinburgh, c. 1820

Museum reference

T.1980.245

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Refracting telescope

Production information

P. Hill
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1820

Physical description

Brass / wood

Associations

Arthur Frank Collection of Scottish Scientific Instruments

References

T.N. Clarke, A.D. Morrison-Low and A.D.C. Simpson (1989): "Brass and Glass