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Refracting Telescope by James Wilson, London, c.1700
Object is on display.
Inventory Number:	29920
Object Type:	Object
Persons:	James Wilson
Date Created:
Place Created:	London United Kingdom (England) Europe
Subject Classification(s):	Telescopes
Accession Number:	1925-43
Primary Inscriptions:	Object-glass signed, "Jac: Wilson Londini fecit".
Provenance:	Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
Collection Group:	Orrery Collection
Dimensions:	Height Width Depth Diameter Unit 183.5 11 cm
Narratives Orrery telescopes misidentified in print Orrery Collection: 1731 Inventory 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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Tripod
Object is on display.
Inventory Number:	29920
Object Type:	Object
Persons:	James Wilson
Date Created:
Place Created:	London 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 183.5 11 cm
Narratives Orrery telescopes misidentified in print Orrery Collection: 1731 Inventory 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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