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Description: | Refracting telescope of 3 3/4-inch aperture and 5-foot focal length on English type equatorial mounting. Built in 1797 for Captain Huddart, Highbury, London with optics by Peter & John Dollond and mounting by Troughton. In 1816 it was acquired by Sir James South who used it with Sir John Herschel to observe double stars. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | equatorial instrument telescope - refracting | Temporal: | 1797 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | J. & E. Troughton | Identifier: | http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/grab... | Go to resource |
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