Cardboard draw tube telescope

Made:
1751-1800 in England
Italian draw-tube refracting telescope

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Italian draw-tube refracting telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Cardboard draw tube telescope, covered in sharkskin, with non-achromatic 'Night' and 'Day' objective lenses.

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1913-283
Materials:
glass, cardboard, sharkskin and brass
Measurements:
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type:
astronomical instruments and refracting telescopes
credit:
Mr Thomas H. Court