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Description: | Refracting telescope of 1 1/2-inch aperture and 36-inch focal length by John Smeaton on an adjustable equatorial mounting with a tripod stand. The telescope is fitted with an integral filar micrometer [RAS No.7] . Presented to Royal Astronomical Society in 1845 by Mrs Sommerville to whom it was left by Mrs Dixon, Smeaton's daughter. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | equatorial instrument filar micrometer telescope - refracting | Temporal: | 1770 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Smeaton, John, 1724-1792 | Identifier: | http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/grab... | Go to resource |
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