Telescope
date: label: date made
content: 1782-1790
name: label: maker
content: Gregory & Wright
notes: label: Description
content: This telescope has an achromatic objective lens of 2 inches aperture, a wooden tube with brass fittings, and a brass pillar and claw stand. The "Gregory & Wright, London" inscription near the eyepiece refers to Henry Gregory and Gabriel Wright, opticians who worked together between 1782 and 1790.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: used
content: Astronomy
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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.328004
label: catalog number
content: 328004
label: accession number
content: 270698
objectType: label: Object Name
content: refracting telescope
label: Object Name
content: telescope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.2 cm x 78.5 cm x 19 cm; 4 in x 30 7/8 in x 7 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 4 in x 31 in x 7 1/4 in; 10.16 cm x 78.74 cm x 18.415 cm