0.875-inch refracting telescope
Date: circa 1900
Inventory Number: 1998-1-0375
Classification: Telescope
Subject:
Maker: French ?
User: Department of Physics, Harvard University (founded 1884)
Cultural Region:
Dimensions:
fully extended: 3.3 × 3.3 × 41.5 cm (1 5/16 × 1 5/16 × 16 5/16 in.)
mostly collapsed: 3.3 × 3.3 × 23.3 cm (1 5/16 × 1 5/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Accessories: case may be inv. 2007-1-0122
Description:
Small telescope with three draw tubes. Made of brass and covered with leather. The leather is chipped but still stitched.
The dust cap is missing. In its place, there is a brass, slide-on cap with an aperture stop of 3/4 inch (1.9 cm). The edges of the opening are beveled and black.
There is a sliding cover on the eyepiece.
The telescope does not fully collapse at this time, and cannot be stored in a case. Its original case may be CHSI inv. 2007-1-0122.
The dust cap is missing. In its place, there is a brass, slide-on cap with an aperture stop of 3/4 inch (1.9 cm). The edges of the opening are beveled and black.
There is a sliding cover on the eyepiece.
The telescope does not fully collapse at this time, and cannot be stored in a case. Its original case may be CHSI inv. 2007-1-0122.
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