Accession No

3243

Brief Description

clockwork telescope drive

Origin

Maker

Class

astronomy; optical

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

height 305mm; breadth 280mm; depth 165mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 08/1985.

Inscription

‘Foucault’s Regulateur’ (disc on front)

Description Notes

Brass clockwork telescope drive - damaged. Disc on front divided anticlockwise [0] - 60, numbered by 5, graduated to 1/2; pointer moves over disc.

complete.

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