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View full screenReflecting telescope with brass barrel with blackened shagreen cover, in a fitted rosewood box, by Edward Scarlett, London, c. 1730
T.1968.75
Scarlett, Edward, c. 1688 - 1743, Scientific instrument maker
London, England, Northern Europe
c. 1730
Brass barrel, blackened shagreen cover, rosewood box
George II
Reflecting Telescopes (25 Mar 2016 - 28 Aug 2016)
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Clifton, Gloria, Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851, London, 1995, pp 244-5
Millburn, John R., 'Instrument makers and the Royal Arms' in Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society, No 28 (1991), pp 2-7
Simpson, A.D.C., 'James Gregory and the Reflecting Telescope' in Journal for the History of Astronomy 23 (1992), pp 77-92
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