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eyepiece with focuser

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eyepiece with focuser

Date: 1870-1890
Inventory Number: 1998-1-0376
Classification: Eyepiece
Subject:
optics, astronomy, microscopy,
Maker: Robert B. Tolles ? (1823 - 1883)
Maker: Charles X. Dalton ? (1840 - 1912)
Cultural Region:
United States,
Place of Origin:
Boston,
Dimensions:
3.9 × 3.9 × 13.9 cm (1 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Material:
glass, hard rubber, brass, nickel,
Description:
Eyepiece made of nickel, brass, and hard rubber with very fine threads typical of the work of Tolles and Dalton. Draw tube focuser.
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  • Tolles microscopes
Signedunsigned
Curatorial RemarksCould be astronomical eyepiece for a Tolles telescope, or possibly for a microscope.

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