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Description: | Captain Superintendent's Office / Deptford
Syeds, / Rotherhithe, / London
This achromatic telescope is typical of the type used on board ship in the 19th century. It has a tapering leather-covered barrel, a single brass draw tube and brass fittings. Part of the eyepiece assembly is now missing and the objective lens assembly and cap are later replacements ? the original objective lens also survives and has a sliding lens cover. The maker's name is inscribed on the draw tube as 'Syeds, Rotherhithe, London'. A second inscription on the collar of the barrel reads 'Captain Superintendent's Office Deptford', below which is the government mark of a broad arrow.
Used as part of crow's nest display in Arctic Gallery.
caption: Naval telescope
caption: Naval telescope - inscription | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | telescopes | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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