Accession No

0012b

Brief Description

[box for Herschel telescope mirror and lenses etc. - part of Wh.0012]

Origin

Maker

Class

astronomy; optical

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal (brass); glass; paper

Dimensions

box length 440mm; breadth 330mm; height 100mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘SPECULUM FOR
NEWTONIAN TELESCOPE’ (engraved onto brass plaque on box lid)

‘Newtonian telescope
made by
Sir William Herschel
about 1800
presented by
Howard Marryat
to the Whipple Collection
1st June 1944’ (on brass plaque loose inside box)

Description Notes

[box for Herschel telescope mirror and lenses etc. - part of Wh.0012]

Wooden box with brass handles, lock and brass plaque on lid.
Contains various eye pieces and lenses, some wrapped in brown paper and string, with original labels.

Also contains a brass plaque saying: ‘Newtonian telescope, made by, Sir William Herschel, about 1800, presented by, Howard Marryat, to the Whipple Collection, 1st June 1944’.

References

James Hyslop; 'Two late 18th-century telescopes'; Explore Whipple Collections online article; Whipple Museum of the History of Science; University of Cambridge; 2008: https://www.whipplemuseum.cam.ac.uk/explore-whipple-collections/astronomy/two-telescopes

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