Telescope (spyglass)
date: label: purchase date
content: 1839
name: label: maker
content: Long, James
notes: label: Description
content: The “Ja. Long, Royal Exchange, London" inscription on this five-section draw-tube telescope is that of James Long, an optician who was apprenticed to Edward Nairne in 1769; by 1781 he was in business as an optician at the Royal Exchange, and he remained there until his death in 1811. According to a paper inside the cap: "This tube and eyepiece, bought in London 1839. The 2-1/8" objective was figured by Henry Fitz.” Henry Fitz, Jr. was the first successful commercial telescope maker in the United States, and it was he who owned this instrument.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
label: purchased
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.316706
label: accession number
content: 226769
label: catalog number
content: 316706
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telescope (spy glass)
label: Object Name
content: telescope (spyglass)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: closed: 10 3/4 in; x 27.305 cm
label: Measurements
content: open: 42 1/2 in; x 107.95 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 13/16 in x 2 1/2 in; 30.00375 cm x 6.35 cm