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Description: | J.H. Steward Maker 406-66 Strand & 54 Cornhill, London.(makers trade plate engraved on the body tube of the telescope). DES after GALILEI,Galileo. 1609 Padua, Italy. DES after LIPPERSHEIM,Hans or Jan circa 1608 Middelburg, Netherlands. DES possibly after JANSEN, Zacharias. circa 1590 Middelburg, Netherlands. DES after DIGGES, Leonard. circa 1550 Wooten Court, Kent, Engla A 3" achromatic refracting, terrestial and astronomic, brass, telescope with; achromatic lenses, sighting scope, rack and pinion focussing, telescopic horizontal adjustment, with an altazimuth mounting on a ballustre pillar. There is also a mahogany carrying case and a large tripod stand. | 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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