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View full screen3 1/2" aperture Gregorian reflecting telescope with brass barrel and shagreen cover, unsigned and undated, but probably by Edward Scarlett, London, 1725 - 1750
T.1984.91
Scarlett, Edward, c. 1688 - 1743, Scientific instrument maker
London, England, Northern Europe
Second quarter 18th century
Brass barrel, shagreen cover, glass
Earth in Space (29 Jul 2011)
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Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
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Clifton, Gloria, Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851, London, 1995, pp 244-5
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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