Telescope
date: label: date made
content: late 18th century
name: label: maker
content: Adams, George
notes: label: Description
content: This brass Gregorian telescope, which dates from the last quarter of the 18th century, has a metal primary mirror 2⅜ inches diameter, and a smaller secondary that is adjusted by the rod that runs along the tube. The stand is adjustable in altitude and azimuth. The “G. Adams N˚ 60 / Fleet Street London” inscription could refer to George Adams or to his son of the same name, both of whom worked at this address.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.329778
label: catalog number
content: 329778
label: accession number
content: 283516
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telescope, reflecting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 3/4 in x 10 in x 17 3/4 in; 34.925 cm x 25.4 cm x 45.085 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 5/8 in x 10 1/4 in x 17 3/4 in; 34.6075 cm x 26.035 cm x 45.085 cm