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Refracting Telescope, English, c. 1720
Inventory Number:	18872
Object Type:
Place Created:	England United Kingdom Europe
Accession Number:	1925-43
Brief Description:	Oak refracting telescope with brass lens mounts and sliding dust excluders.Unsigned and undated; c.1720. Overall length 7' 9', cross section 3' x 3', aperture 11/4'.
Primary Inscriptions:
Provenance:	Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
Collection Group:	Orrery Collection
Narratives Orrery telescopes misidentified in print Refracting telescopes Inventory no. 18872 - Former Display Label Orrery Collection in print Former Display Label - The Orrery Collection of Scientific Instruments Former Display Label - The Principal Makers of Instruments in the Orrery Collection Orrery Collection: 1731 Inventory Accession Record : Extract from Annual Report for 1925

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