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Refracting Telescope, English, c. 1720
Object is on display.
Inventory Number:	18872
Object Type:	Object
Place Created:	United Kingdom (England) Europe
Subject Classification(s):	Telescopes
Accession Number:	1925-43
Provenance:	Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
Collection Group:	Orrery Collection
Dimensions:	Height Width Depth Diameter Unit 10.3 241.5 9 cm
Narratives Orrery telescopes misidentified in print Refracting telescopes Inventory no. 18872 - Former Display Label Orrery Collection: 1731 Inventory Orrery Collection in print Accession Record : Extract from Annual Report for 1925 Former Display Label - The Orrery Collection of Scientific Instruments Former Display Label - The Principal Makers of Instruments in the Orrery Collection

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