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Description: | Refracting telescope of 3 3/16-inch aperture and 48 inch focal length by Charles Tulley, Islington on an altazimuth mounting with a wooden tripod stand. Accessories include, a diagonal, 5 eyepieces, 5 dark glass filters, a finder telescope and a fitted wooden box for the telescope tube which breaks down into two halves. Puchased by John Lecky an amateur astronomer from the maker in 1822 for 36 guineas [�37-80]. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | telescope - refracting | Temporal: | 1822 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Tulley, Charles | Identifier: | http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/grab... | Go to resource |
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