Refracting telescope

Description

2" aperture single-draw hand-held refracting telescope in brass with objective ray shade, signed by Lennie of Edinburgh, 1942, used at Vaternish Fog Signal, Isle of Skye

Museum reference

T.1980.264

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Refracting telescope

Date

1942

Materials

Brass

Associations

Arthur Frank Collection of Scottish Scientific Instruments
Engraved on telescope: Lennie, Edinburgh
Vaternish Fog Signal, Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

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