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Refracting Telescope, English, c. 1690
Object is on display.
Inventory Number:	23976
Object Type:
Place Created:	England United Kingdom Europe
Accession Number:	1925-43
Brief Description:	A 12-ft refracting telescope; English. Undated and unsigned; c.1690. Pasteboard tubes, white vellum covering with gold tooling, eye-piece mounted in lignum vitae. The Huygenian eyepiece consists of two lenses, the first (star-side) one of which is loose (with its split ring fastener). The objective lens and mount are missing,
Primary Inscriptions:
Provenance:	Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
Collection Group:	Orrery Collection
Dimensions:	Height Width Depth Diameter Unit 760 mm
Narratives Inventory no. 23976 - Internal Exhibition Label Text 'English Telescopes' Refracting telescopes Inventory no. 23976 - Former Display Label 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 Orrery Collection in print

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