Telescope
date: label: date made
content: mid 19th century
name: label: maker
content: Plossl, Simon
notes: label: Description
content: This telescope has a brass pillar-and-stand, and an achromatic objective of 43 mm. (about 1.7 inches) aperture. The tube is 1.27 m. (about 50 inches) long and covered with mahogany. The inscription on the first draw tube reads “Plőssl in Wien.” The telescope fits into a wooden box.
label: Description
content: Georg Simon Plőssl (1794-1868) was an optician in Vienna who is perhaps best known for the eponymous eyepiece favored by many amateur astronomers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Austria: Vienna state, Vienna
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.325415
label: catalog number
content: 325415
label: accession number
content: 256202
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telescope, refracting
label: Object Name
content: telescope
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 18 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 9.2075 cm x 46.355 cm x 13.97 cm