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Description: | 1780 / Telescope belonging / to Admiral Darby / Presented by M.rs S? Quintin / Scampston Hall / York
Mr. St Quintin, / 49, Green Street, Grosvenor Square.
Spencer Browning & Rust / LONDON / Improved
This achromatic telescope has a tapered mahogany barrel with a black leather cover. It has a single brass draw tube. There is a brass cap for the objective lens, while the eyepiece has a sliding cover.
An inscription on the draw tube reads ?Spencer Browning & Rust / LONDON / Improved?. The firm of Spencer Browning & Rust began trading from Wapping in about 1784.
A second inscription names ?Mr St Quintin, / 49, Green St, Grosvenor Square.?, presumably a previous owner. In addition, a handwritten label on the telescope records that it once belonged to Admiral Darby, who died in 1790.
Focal length; 30.5". O.G.diameter; 1.6".
caption: Naval telescope
caption: Naval telescope - inscription | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Achromatic lens Darby achromatic telescopes Naval telescope George | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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