Telescope
date: label: date made
content: ca 1700-1800
notes: label: Description
content: This Cassegrain reflecting telescope was probably made in the 18th century and used by an amateur astronomer. It has a metal primary mirror of 4 inches aperture, a brass tube covered with fish skin, an alt-azimuth mount, and a pillar-and-claw stand that could rest on a table top.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (stand)
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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.328623
label: catalog number
content: 328623
label: accession number
content: 312588
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telescope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: scrap of shagreen: 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 in; 1.905 cm x 8.89 cm x 7.62 cm