Telescope
date: label: date made
content: 1794-1824
name: label: maker
content: Blunt, Thomas
notes: label: Description
content: Gregorian reflecting telescope with a speculum metal mirror 3¾ inches diameter. The rod that runs along the tube serves to adjust the smaller secondary mirror. The “T. Blunt, London” inscription refers to Thomas Blunt, an instrument maker who worked on his own from 1794 to 1823, or to his son of the same name, who worked for a year or two later.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: Subject
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.329777
label: accession number
content: 283516
label: catalog number
content: 329777
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telescope, reflecting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 62 cm x 75 cm x 37 cm; 24 7/16 in x 29 1/2 in x 14 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 in x 14 1/4 in x 24 in; 71.12 cm x 36.195 cm x 60.96 cm