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View full screenTelescope micrometer of brass with steel and ivory, for measuring small angular distances between stars, probably made by Thomas Heath of London, 1736
T.2004.530
Heath, Thomas, 1720 (fl.) - 1773 (d.)
London, England, Northern Europe
1736
User: Maclaurin, Colin, Professor, 1698 - 1746
p.47 MacDonald, Angus and Morrison - Low, A.D 'A Heavenly Library : Treasures from the Royal Observatory's Crawford Collection: an exhibition held at the National Museums of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, 8 October - 31 December 1994 (1994)
p.132 Turner, Anthony John.'Early scientific instruments : Europe, 1400-1800' Publisher: Distributed in the U.S.A. by Sotheby's Publications, Harper & Row (1987)