Refracting telescope

Description

1 1/2" aperture 3-draw hand-held refracting telescope in brass with objective rey shade and wooden barrel, with doublet objective and 2-component eyepiece, signed by Zenoni and Butti of Edinburgh, 1823

Museum reference

T.1980.257

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Refracting telescope

Date

1823

Materials

Wood, Brass

Physical description

Brass / wood

Associations

Arthur Frank Collection of Scottish Scientific Instruments
Engraved on telescope: Zenoni and Butti, Edinburgh

References

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

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