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Refracting Telescope, by John Marshall, London, c. 1715
Object is on display.
Inventory Number:	29666
Object Type:	Object
Persons:	John Marshall
Date Created:
Place Created:	London United Kingdom (England) Europe
Subject Classification(s):	Telescopes
Accession Number:	1925-43
Primary Inscriptions:	Signed twice around body tube at objective end: "IOHN:MARSHALL:LVDGATE:STREET:LONDON"
Provenance:	Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1924.
Collection Group:	Orrery Collection
Dimensions:	Height Width Depth Diameter Unit 65.5 8.5 cm
Narratives Refracting telescopes Inventory no. 29666 - Internal Exhibition Label Text 'English Telescopes' Inventory no. 29666 - 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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