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Description: | Refracting telescope of 2 inch aperture and 30 inch focal length, engraved, 'Ramsden London' on an equatorial stand by John Miller, Edinburgh with wooden case. A label in the transit box states that the telescope was made by Peter Dollond for Jesse Ramsden. The telescope may have been used by Dr Lind F.R.S. to observe the 1769 Transit of Venus. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | equatorial instrument telescope - refracting | Temporal: | 1769 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Miller, John | Identifier: | http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/grab... | Go to resource |
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