Refracting telescope

Description

Single draw hand held refracting telescope of brass with leather lined outer tube and objective ray shade, engraved 'Skerryvore Lighthouse', by Adie and Wedderburn, Edinburgh, c. 1890

Museum reference

T.2001.12

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Refracting telescope

Production information

Adie and Wedderburn
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1890

Materials

Brass

Physical description

Brass; leather lined outer tube; glass

Associations

Skerryvore Lighthouse, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe