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Description: | This achromatic telescope has a mahogany barrel and three brass draw tubes. The other brass fittings include a pivoted eyepiece cover and an objective lens cap. A woollen case also survives. The telescope reputedly once belonged to Admiral Thomas, 1st Baron Graves (1725?1802).
Focal length 27 3/4"
caption: Pocket telescope | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Achromatic lens Thomas Graves telescopes | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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