Refracting telescope

Description

2" aperture single-draw hand-held refracting telescope in brass with leather-covered barrel, signed by Lennie of Edinburgh, 1931, used at Point of Ayre Lighthouse, Isle of Man

Museum reference

T.1980.263

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Refracting telescope

Date

1924

Physical description

Brass / leather

Associations

Arthur Frank Collection of Scottish Scientific Instruments
Engraved on telescope: Lennie, Edinburgh
Point of Ayre Lighthouse, Isle of Man, Northern Europe

References

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