Facsimile of telescope by Torricelli

Made:: 1630-1647 in Florence

maker:: Evangelista Torricelli; Galgano Cipriani

Facsimile of telescope by Torricelli, with a wooden tube and magnification of 20 times. Made by Cipriani and purchased from the Museo di Fisica e Storia Naturale, Florence, Italy in 1923.

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1923-669

Materials:: steel, leather and glass

Measurements:: overall (estimate): 1110 x 70 mm

type:: replica and telescope - refracting

credit:: Museo di Fisica e Storia Naturale

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Facsimile of telescope by Torricelli

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