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Description: | Medal of the [Royal] Society of Arts, awarded to Cornelius Varley in 1847 for an apparatus for facilitating the use of large Gregorian telescopes. Silver; diameter 50mm, depth 4mm. Obverse: legend, Arts and Commerce Promoted; heads of Athena and another, profile to left; artist on base of Athena, W Wyon. Reverse, legends: To Mr. C.J. Varley, MDCCCXLVII. For an Apparatus for Facilitating the Use of large Gregorian Telescopes. Socv. Insd. London 1753. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | medal | Temporal: | 1847 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Wyon, William | Identifier: | 1989-592 | Go to resource |
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