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Description: | JAMES SHORT LONDON j743 29/372 = 12 (engraved on the end of the body tube). 15 (written on a small self adhesive label, discarded). MANU SHORT,James 1743 Surry-Street, The Strand, London, England DES after GREGORY,James 1661 Aberdeenshire, Scotland DES after Digges,Leonard. circa 1550 Wooten Court, Kent, England. This 3.0" aperture Gregorian reflecting telescope, by James Short, has an altazimuth mounting on a pillar and claw stand. The primary and secondary mirrors would have been both concave . The advantage of the Cassegrain telescope over the Gregorian is that it has an equivalent magnifying power at half the length. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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