Skip to main content

telescope table mount

Datecirca 1800
Inventory NumberDWN0004
ClassificationTelescope Mount
Subject
    Maker J. H. Steward Ltd fl. 1852 - 1930
    Place of OriginLondon, England
    Dimensions141 x 42 x 42 cm, 35 lb. (55 1/2 x 16 9/16 x 16 9/16 in., 15.9 kg)
    table with stand: 141 cm (55 1/2 in.)
    table: 41.3 cm (16 1/4 in.)
    arm: 57.8 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm (22 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
    Material
      Accessoriesglobe (telescope not yet located), parts in drawer
      Descriptionround table on 3 casters with globe. Globe on swing arm, fruitwood.
      SignedJ. H. STEWARD LTD LONDON
      lubricant and friction testing machine
      J. H. Steward Ltd
      Date: circa 1925
      Accessories: wooden case; friction discs (4); pulleys (2); small metallic case; key; tube
      Object number: DW0541a
      Portable variation compass,
      J. H. Steward Ltd
      Date: 1852-1930
      Object number: 1998-1-1650
      Steward large monocular compound microscope
      J. H. Steward Ltd
      Date: 1900-1930
      Accessories: objective; ocular
      Object number: 1230
      friction discs
      J. H. Steward Ltd
      Date: circa 1925
      Accessories: box
      Object number: DW0541b
      table-clamping vertical globe electrical machine - gearbox
      Edward Nairne
      Date: circa 1770
      Accessories: glass globe (DW0508c) stored separately.
      Object number: DW0508a
      table-clamping vertical globe electrical machine - arm
      Edward Nairne
      Date: circa 1770
      Accessories: glass globe (DW0508c) stored separately.
      Object number: DW0508b
      Hinman-type collating machine
      Charlton Joseph Kadio Hinman
      Date: 1954
      Accessories: part (HA0115b); instruction manual; extra fuses; lens cleaning tissues (all in instrument file)
      Object number: HA0115a
      globe sundial
      American
      Date: circa 1750
      Accessories: Formerly with stand that now belongs, with its pair, to the terrestial globe (inv. 1997-1-2060b).
      Object number: 7402
      altazimuth mount and tripod for Nairne refracting telescope
      Edward Nairne
      Date: circa 1770
      Object number: 0055b
      mount for Gregorian reflecting telescope
      James Short
      Date: 1743
      Object number: DWN0007b
      ring mount for finder telescope
      American
      Date: 1875-1925
      Object number: 2007-1-0295
      2 ring mounts for finder telescopes
      American
      Date: 1850-1900
      Object number: 1998-1-1157