0.875-inch refracting telescope
Date: circa 1900
Inventory Number: 1997-1-0710
Classification: Telescope
Subject:
Maker: French
Cultural Region:
Dimensions:
fully extended: 3.4 x 3.4 x 43 cm (1 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
collapsed: 3.4 × 3.4 × 16.4 cm (1 5/16 × 1 5/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
in case: 4 × 4 × 16.9 cm (1 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
Accessories: case
Description:
Small telescope with three draw tubes. Made of brass and covered with leather. The leather is still stitched together.
The dust cap seems a bit small and of different brass. It may be a replacement. There is a sliding cover for the eyepiece.
The case is cylindrical and covered in buckram.
The dust cap seems a bit small and of different brass. It may be a replacement. There is a sliding cover for the eyepiece.
The case is cylindrical and covered in buckram.
Signedon dust cap: FRANCE