Accession No

0894

Brief Description

multiplying glass, 1850 (c)

Origin

Maker

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1850

Inscription Date

Material

wood (mahogany); glass

Dimensions

length 126mm; maximum diameter 32mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in 06/1939.

Inscription

Description Notes

(?)Mahogany case; unscrews into three sections plus eyepiece and objective cover. Multiplying glass in one section screws to central section with magnifying lens which screws to eyepiece with spike on one side of end away from lens (? one spike missing).

Condition: good; incomplete (?) (one spike missing?).

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