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Description: | This is a spyglass or miniature telescope. It is very well made, but was meant as a fashionable personal accessory that could fit in one's pocket rather than as a serious telescope.
The barrel is made of turned lignum vitae and the lenses are set in ivory mounts. It has a turned wooden case (also lignum vitae) that has been made to fit the telescope exactly.
Gabb attributes maker as Edward Scarlett
caption: Spyglass telescope | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | spy glass telescopes Lignum vitae Galilean telescope | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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