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0.875-inch refracting telescope
0.875-inch refracting telescope

0.875-inch refracting telescope

Datecirca 1900
Inventory Number1998-1-0373
ClassificationTelescope
Subject
    Maker French ?
    User Department of Physics, Harvard University founded 1884
    Cultural Region
      Dimensionsfully extended: 3.2 x 3.2 x 38.3 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 15 1/16 in.)
      collapsed: 3.2 × 3.2 × 14.6 cm (1 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.)
      case: 4.1 × 4.1 × 13.5 cm (1 5/8 × 1 5/8 × 5 5/16 in.)
      Material
        Accessoriescase
        DescriptionSmall telescope with three draw tubes. Made of brass and mahogany. The objective and dust cap are missing. There is a sliding cover on the eyepiece.

        The case is cylindrical and covered in buckram.
        Signedunsigned
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